There were eight entries for the Flash Fiction competition.
They are to be adjudicated by Ayr Writers.
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Open manuscripts.
Donnie’s character tried to be a ‘Good Samaritan’. At
the big Christmas bash in Largs, Kenny rediscovered a new pal and mutual St
Mirren supporter. At the end of the evening, Kenny was just sober enough to
drive his paralytic pal back home to Paisley.
In order to avoid the wrath of his pal’s wife, Kenny rang
the bell, dumped his pal and drove off.
Several weeks later his pal complained of waking up on his cold
door step. He was miles away from his wife who waiting for him in the hotel
bedroom in Largs.
Wilma read another section of her history of Blawarthill Church. It followed on from the story of
Rev James McKay. This time it was the description of his wife Nan
(Anna) McKay.
Nan almost eclipsed her
husband in terms of working in and with the church and various choirs and
carrying out the role of expected social role of a minister’s wife. To augment
the family income she also retained her own job (a rarity in those days.)
Kate ‘blethered on’ about how she could spend hours
several times a week on the phone (land-line) talking to her sister about every
subject under the son; including politics, TV, books and prevailing illnesses.
An empty bladder and a fresh cup of tea are essential
prerequisites.
They even have a mangled, but to them meaningful French
phrase invented long ago, to signal an end to the conversations.
Pete read his entry to the children’s short story
competition. A young girl thought that she had been given a talking doll’s
house as a birthday present.
When she discovered it was only an electronic trick played
on her by her father; they both conspired to replicate the trick on her mother
by inventing a talking pillow.
Wilma’s verse described the stress built up by
attempting to arrange a doctor’s appointment. Do you choose the driving and
traffic stress or the telephone stress?
Make sure to ring up within the correct time slot and be
prepared to hang-on on at least until the time slot expires. At that point a
recorded message will inform you that you have missed today’s time slot and you
will have to wait for the next one.
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Next week’s theme is Valentine’s Day. Poem or 500 words
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