Sunday, 25 July 2010

The Journey Home

Saturday Centus time again, and a cheeky little link this week – can you spot it?

The prompt is in bold, here we go:

Driving six hours is a long time on the road. Six hours spent singing car-aoke and taking in the picturesque scenery, but mostly reminiscing about the good times. But those days were long gone and my mind was in a different place now. Or was it? My pulse quickened as I passed the road sign which read "Medford 27 miles."

That’s Medford NJ. The place I once referred to as home but not now. Joe was prompting me for more memories from the driver’s seat as I stared through the window. He knew why I was here, the reasons that I had to come. I trusted him to keep me safe. As we turned into the street that was our destination I told him to pull up a way from the house. I had to do this by myself. He understood. It’s true, the smell of freshly mowed grass can stay with you for years, for decades.

7 comments:

  1. Oh you are a clever one! Spotted it right away. Nice use of not just one, but two prompts. I hope you continue this, there are alot of ways this could be developed into a great short story. Kat

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  2. I've got a book I must lend you - this just reminded me of it

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  3. Cheeky, Cheeky, Cheeky...mwahahaha

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  4. I love how you bookended it in two prompts!

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  5. I noticed that you used an old prompt too lol. That was a neat idea. Very creative you are.

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  6. Cool stuff! I read it right away. Some of these stories and prompts have really stuck in my mind!

    I am loving this meme.

    Watching the way peoples mind twist around the same set of words is totally fascinating to me.

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  7. Great job! Love your take on the prompt. Full of intrigue and suspense. A well-crafted piece. Too bad it had to end so soon!

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