FSF Challenge - Whimsical




Lillie McFerrin Writes

This week's writing challenge from


Five Sentence Fiction


( Lillie McFerrin Writes ) is based upon the prompt:




Whimsical




What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week Lillie posts one word for inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word.









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     This was Sarah's first time home since moving away for college and that junior position at a law firm, and a walk around the old property flooded her mind with pleasant, though long-forgotten, memories. Most of all, she was surprised to see the playhouse her father had built years ago still there, maintained in perfect condition. The playhouse was complete, even down to the tiny table inside where she'd held so many make-believe tea parties, and yet it wasn't quite right somehow. Sarah didn't recall the playhouse being so amusingly proportioned; it had seemed perfectly normal to her child's eye. The smile disappeared from her face as she wondered if her view of the past was distorted—or her view of the present.






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Comments

  1. Indira MukhopadhyayApril 3, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    Very nice, interesting story.

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    1. K R SmithApril 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM

      Thank you, Indira! And thanks for taking the time to comment!

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  2. TessApril 3, 2014 at 9:16 PM

    Whimsical is one of my favourite words.
    The house in the photo is charming - I like the higgledy-piggeldy nature of it.

    You've posed an interesting question about whether the distortion is in the past or the here and now. Which do you think it is?

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    1. K R SmithApril 3, 2014 at 11:02 PM

      Higgledy-piggeldy? Such language, Tess!

      I believe Sarah is having second thoughts about her life, and is missing something she once had.

      Only a longer story can tell.... Now if I only had the time to write! (Been working late and weekends for a while.)

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  3. K R SmithApril 4, 2014 at 9:03 AM

    Thank you for stopping by to read my blog - and for the kind comment!

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  4. Ranu 802April 5, 2014 at 7:55 AM

    Beautiful story.

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    1. K R SmithApril 7, 2014 at 8:20 AM

      Thanks! And thanks for stopping by to read my post!

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  5. AnonymousApril 8, 2014 at 11:45 AM

    Such a sad end to her reminiscences - that self-questioning.

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    1. K R SmithApril 8, 2014 at 1:42 PM

      It might still end well if she finds the answer!

      Thanks for stopping by!

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