Love potion

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He was told that 11 pots are a must. It had taken him 6 months to collect all the ingredients for the potion. 

Today was the day. The wind was right and it was 15 minutes to go before she would come out of her house. He adored the beautiful Sheila, but he was poor and she was from a rich family and would never ever date him. 

An old wise man told him however that with the love potion he could make her love him. He had some wood collected to build a little fire under the pots. The smoke would go her way when she would come from the house. He would have to take the middle pot in his hands and magic would happen. 

He turned on the fire underneath the last pots as suddenly his friend appeared next to him. “Need a hand” while picking up the middle pot. He stood there with his mouth open as Sheila walked straight into his friend’s arms.


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Futuristic

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for flash fiction for aspiring writers

Futuristic

Vaguely she heard a voice saying, “Reanimation in progress, heart function ok,  ..” Lisa slowly opened her eyes and a dark voice said to her” Hello, welcome to the year 2117. 

A man wearing a black tunic said: “You have been in a capsule for a 100 years Lisa. First you will have to go through some tests”. 

She started to remember things again. Her family had died in a car crash and a friend who was a scientist was involved in the process of cryogenically freezing human beings. She had become fascinated by it and had offered herself for the process and there she was. 

She told the man she was starving and if she could get a meal first. "Of course", he said and he came back with a cup with a brown gooey stuff bubbling out of it. “I would like a meal” she stuttered. He said “this is what we take now. We don’t have meals as such anymore.”

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The parcel

Flash fiction for aspiring writers

photo by Dorothy

"Ok William, good you are here, as we must pick up a parcel. We'll have to take the tandem”

“A tandem?” Said William
“Don’t worry I show you what to do. I do the steering. I shift gear, you shift gear. We should paddle fast as it is of life importance that we pick up the parcel before 4.00 pm.”
“ Why?” asked William
“There is no time to lose. Come.”

 They setoff and Michael raised his voice. “Go left - Shift to third gear – Careful, a hole in the road.”
“What”? screamed William.  “A hoooooole”. Suddenly they lost their balance.
“Are you ok” asked Michael.
“I think so” said William. “My leg hurts.”
“Quick only 5 minutes to go.” 

They went back on the bike. Michael spotted the automatic gates which were slowly closing. “Come” said Michael "We have to go through there” They went faster and faster but the gate completely closed just when they arrived.

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The escape

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“Look Kayaks! let’s take them."   “They might be from some tourists?” said Ella
“Ella, Worry about them later. You won’t survive another week here.”  He was right. She was malnourished and hurt.

Two weeks ago, they were over the moon. They went to a bar and a man, called Pete talked to them. He offered them a trip to his island on a luxury yacht. The next morning, they set out early. Pete sailed the boat into a narrow inlet. He told them to hop off and follow the path. He would come in a minute.

Suddenly two men grabbed them and pushed them forwards towards a work camp. They were held for two weeks and had to work in the heat on the land day after day.
Luckily Ella had some cash in her pocket and paid one of the guards to look the other way so they could escape. They succeeded.They jumped in the kayaks and paddled away.


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Rocky Island

Image by Louise with The Storyteller's Abode for Flash fiction for Aspiring writers

A Fisherman finally arrived at the rocky shore of the island. They had told him not to fish here as it was dangerous. The fisher hadn’t caught anything for days so he had to take his chances.

He fished and got excited, fish after fish after fish entered his boat. Suddenly, bang, the boat became stuck in the rocks. If I only wouldn’t have taken so many, he cried, thinking about his hungry wife and children.

Suddenly a man appeared who saw what happened. "Fisher, I will get you out of there if you give me all but two fish." "But my wife and my children are hungry."  "Take these two fish they are everything you need."  "Ok than", said the fisherman, thanks for helping me". As he prepared the fish at home he found in both a big pearl.