Title: Ode to Clarice
Source: Flash Fiction Challenge
Prompt: Write a story about Clarice.
Word count: 99 words
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Her obituary shocked me. The journalist revealed a woman I had never known. Who was this glamorous enchantress, this caster of spells and literary legend?
I caught her scribbling in her notebook either early in the morning, or sometimes late at night. She would look at me, smile, unceremoniously fold her pen within the pages, and conceal her secrets. By day she was nothing more than a middle-class wife and mother.
I discovered what she had shared with the world, unbeknownst to me. Ghost-haunted words portrayed silent and silenced women. I wept for Clarice. And I wept for me.
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
A touch of mystery here.
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Yes, Clarice is an enigma.
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I saw the prompt. Well done on the story.
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I loved writing this one, Sadje. Glad you liked it.
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😻😻🥰
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Poignant…
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Thank you. ❤
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Poignant…
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Thank you. ❤
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people who cross our paths have an aura, I get that sometimes, and I think we had discussed it before about making up stories about the people we see in cafes. you did a great job of creating a persona here, from the photo we get a visual feed but your story adds another dimension. I am more intrigued about what she wrote. Journals are hidden treasures. gosh you created goosebumps, its that good my friend!
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Yes, I love creating stories for strangers. The photo influenced my writing. She looks uncomfortable in her clothes. Her posture, hand position and her gaze suggests she belongs somewhere else. The shadows on the wall are like ghosts haunting her. Her story was easy after that. Glad you liked it Gina.
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your added details are so insightful, photos speak but small details speak loudest, good job again!
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❤🙏❤
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Oh this is very good, stirred my mind, has a touch of mystery to it.
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Thank you, my friend. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙏
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🙂
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The silencing feels circular like she was both silenced in the world and yet practiced it, too. Wonderfully written character !
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Thank you Charli. I am delighted you liked my take on Clarice. ❤
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