Flash fiction! No, nothing to do with the Texas floods. Rather, a unique narrative it indeed is! Creates a whole world with minimum words! Maximum impact with minimum prompts!
Let us begin with the most repeated/respected example, full of a sense of loss and grief, supposedly by Ernest Hemingway.
"For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never used."
Now Yours Truly is going to try her hand at a few examples, and in different genres!
1) The Suspense Thriller cum science fiction
"The only woman in the universe sat all alone in the space station. Suddenly, a 'Space-Ex' careened close, its gravitational pull all amiss."
2) The Terror Tale
"Deep Trench. The fish feasted on her eyes. She woke up."
3) The Existential "Absurd" Tale
"Thunder and lightening. All was foul. On her fair cheek froze, forever, a tear. Like the South Sea pearl."
4) The Indian Writing in English
"It was the Ganesha Immersion Day. Holding the idol close to her chest, our youngest cried her heart out. At the doorstep, all the elders chuckled."
5) Historical Romance cum tragi-comedy
"Yes, dear, bring me the brightest diamond from India," shouted Mrs.Wicksham as John, her husband, stood at the deck of the departing ship. She wiped her tears with and blew her nose in the 'fairy hanky' he last got her from Africa. Luckily, she had managed to get it from Jack's room the night before."
Pratima@ Ah, yes, you must have noted the allusions, quite ironic though, right?!!? That is what happens when a student of literature tries her hand at micro fiction. Oh, yes, these could be the beginnings of a proper tale or two, though not always with a moral, okay?
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