Thunder always brought the pain. The agony let her know she still existed so she welcomed it. She had lost herself, that much she knew, but little else.
From her high perch she would see the parched ground and exult. It seemed her exultation somehow touched the clouds. They would gather near her and loosen their heavy burden on the earth below. As her delight grew, the clouds shared her excitement and become massive storms. Then with each lightning strike she would scream in empathy for the stricken ground.
For a time she would remember she was the thunder, the lightning, the clouds – all of it. Then the skies would clear and she would be lost, forgetting her nature. So she would resume her vigil and wonder when the thunder would bring the pain again.
Rough draft 134 words
The above piece is a result of one of my goals for this year. My plan is to use various writing prompts to write something everyday. Well, it’s more accurate to say every day I write since I’m not always able to do it daily, though I intend to try.
My prompt sources are numerous. I have a couple of books, tons of blogs to draw from, and the prompts I come up with for Write Anything Wednesday. There are also many different types of prompts to use. One word, a phrase, character ideas, settings, even picture prompts. I have no interest in the ones requiring me to use several words in a story. If this kind sparks an idea, I’ll write it but I won’t force myself to use the actual words. I won’t be searching for these.
For the flash fiction I wrote today (in eight minutes), I used a one word prompt meant to get you warmed up. It’s not much of a story but it woke up my muse so I have no complaints. The story I wrote on Sunday was also the result of a one word prompt. They are working for me so I will keep trying them first before moving on to other types.
I will probably post most of these efforts, even when I don’t love them, because it serves as self-accountability for me. Perhaps I’ll group them up in twos and threes and post them together so I don’t overload everyone.
Any thoughts about any of the writing I post are always welcome.
Photo by Ryan McGuire
Writerish Ramblings 
Hey, do you think there is a differences in “Flash Fiction” and “Hint Fiction?” What’s prompts the question is I read the above story as Flash and your “Peaches” as Hint. Splitting hairs?
Regards,
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I’ve never heard anyone say ‘hint fiction.” For me, flash fiction just means shorter than 1000 words, though most of mine are shorter than five hundred. If hint fiction means what I’m thinking then I would say Peaches is both hint and flash.
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While “hint fiction” feels a bit like an attempt to make Flash Fiction a bit more fashionable by a branding that suggest “ one size doesn’t fit all.” I find the label actually helpful in constructing story, as wonderfully illustrated in your work, “Peaches.”
Thanks for your time.
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The Cycle was beautiful. In some way, it was poetic.
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Thank you so much!
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