Friday 55 Flash Fiction #218 Urgent.....

Jumping in the car he sped off.

Time was of the essence, Helen needed him.

He'd always been a careful driver but urgency made him reckless.

Oblivious of the red light, he heard the siren.

"Have you been drinking Sir?  Breathe into the machine please".

He'd forgotten about his liquid lunch, until the policeman spoke.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #217 Moving again...

I don't want to move again.

Every flaming year you insist I move.

I like it here, I'm comfortable and I've done well, leave me be!

Only a couple of months ago you said I was 'blooming'!

"You'll do much better over there by the greenhouse next year" 

said the gardener to the rose bush. 

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #216 Hiding Place......

"I'll hide them in the plantpots" she thought "they will be safe in there."

She quickly planted the first one, carefully covering it with the soil

Repeating the sequence she secreted a second, third and fourth in different pots.

"Now I just have to remember where I've hidden them when winter arrives" thought the squirrel.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction # 215 Valentine....

February 14th means nothing to us

No flowers, no card, no chocolates will we see.

No gifts for us, no spending spree.

We don't celebrate Valentines Day you see.

We don't need a special day, organised by industry, to say

"I love you",

We say it every day,

True valentines us, we are in love.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction # 214 The end.......

1st February - the day destined for my demise.

Thirteen years service to my country, now it's the end.

I've never been popular, too small everyone complained.

They will be sorry, the price of everything will go up when they get rid of me.

The halfpenny coin ceased to be legal tender on this day 1984.

The last line is so true, all prices were rounded up not down!

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #213 Bad weather.....

The weather forecast is looking dire for the coming weekend and beyond.

Below freezing temperatures at night.

Frosty mornings.

Icy pavements.

Winter has arrived. I hate winter! YUK!

The possibility of snow, how will I cope?

Not a problem for me.

I'm flying off to Egypt on Monday.

Sun and relaxation for ten days. YAY!

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 See you all when I get back!

Friday 55 Flash Fiction #212 Novel Idea........

In Jackie's opinion this latest book was the best yet.

The idea had come to her almost in a dream.

She'd never written a novel so quickly – she amazed herself.

The crowd waited patiently as she smilingly autographed each copy.

Suddenly a voice from the back called

“You stole my book, I wrote it first!”

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #211 Medical Notes...

She couldn't resist a peek at her notes.

DNR it said,

Do Not Resuscitate - were they expecting her to die???

"What does it mean" she asked the doctor on her return.

"Oh that? 

It's just my reminder I'm going to a Dance, 

I need to book a Nanny 

and take a prize for the Raffle!"

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #210 Slimmer of the Year....

She hadn't wanted to go on a diet but they told her she must.

Her calories had been cut by half.

At first she was starving but, as she began to lose weight, she became more active and that was fun.

Now here she was - a fitter, 

slimline Labrador - Kennel Club's Slimmer Of The Year!

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #209 The Night Shift...

He was afraid of the dark.

Hated being out at night.

Abhorred shadowed corners, the silence, the loneliness, the blackness,  not seeing daylight.

The night seemed endless, unceasing, perpetual, eternal. 

If only he could do another job, any job, a day job,

but it was impossible, utterly impracticable.

Vampires could only work the night shift!

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #207 Back off holiday.....

" Put the kettle on, tea first, then sleep, in our own bed" said Pat.

The first things everyone wants after two weeks away.

Early morning, piling out of the taxi they hurried up the path.

"What's going on, the key's not working?" said Carl.

Suddenly the door opened....

"Can I help you?" asked the squatter.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #206 Dreams come true....

LA. to San Francisco and all points inbetween.

Grand Canyon, Vegas, Sacramento, Yosemite, and more.

Sights, sounds of the Golden West, places on TV,

were very far away, to my friends and me.

All the places I dreamed of seeing, never thinking that I would.

Now the dream's come true, I didn't think it could.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #205 Unwelcome Visitor...

Creeping along the fence Purdy watched the house carefully.

Any sign of life and she'd be off, they'd never catch her.

Stealthily she made her way round the garden.

She didn't see the shadow at the open window

but she felt the sting as the pellet hit.

They didn't like cats in their garden here.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #203 Directions.....

"Take the next left" she said

"Second on the right now"

"Straight ahead for 200yds"

"Bear left, and straight on"

"First turning on the right"

"You turned left instead of right"

"Oh shit, that's the first and last time I'll trust a SAT NAV" thought the driver

as his truck stuck fast under the bridge!

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #202 Horror.....

The creature swooped down and transformed into the familiar shape of Dracula.

As he bent over her slumbering form preparing to plunge his fangs into her milk white neck, 

she opened her eyes and let out a bloodcurdling scream.

She didn't know why she watched horror films, they scared the living daylights of her!

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #201 The Scan.....

Lying on the examination table, Wendy looked at her husband's worried face.

The doctor scanned her abdomen, trying to determine the size of the tumour.

They saw the look of disbelief register on the doctor's face.

"It's bad news" they thought.

"I don't know how to tell you this" the doctor said quietly,

"you're pregnant!"

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #200 Surprise....

He opened the door.

"Can I help you?" he enquired.

"I hope so" said the young man.

His face paled as he read the contents of the envelope that he'd been handed.

His past had come back to haunt him.

He'd never thought this would happen when he donated his sperm, twenty one years ago.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #199

He was the mainstay of the group,

a popular guy.

Then suddenly he went missing.

Rumour was rife,

People were asking questions.

People were worried.

They knew he'd been been ill, was it more serious than they thought?

Friday 13^th unlucky?

Not for us and G-man, host of FF55.

Thankfully he's recovered and returned.

YAY!

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #198 Brave.....

The tension was unbearable,

standing in a slowly diminishing line.

Others wending their way back, having completed their mission.

Some smiling, some grimacing, one thing in common.

He stood stonefaced, giving nothing away, shaking inside.

He was in the army, he couldn't run

but he was terrified of needles and had to have his shots.

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Friday 55 Flash Fiction #197 Noisy....

That noise is driving me mad, he thought.,

What a time to be practising singing.

No consideration for people who are trying to sleep.

Put a pillow over my head.

I'm at my wit's end, if I had a gun I'd shoot them.

I suppose it's no use complaining,

No-one can stop the Dawn Chorus.

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