It’s time for Friday Fictioneers! This week’s the prompt is the image below. I used exactly 100 words.
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Halfway into the kitchen, Melanie stopped short as if she’d hit a wall.
“Good Gawd!” Overcome by the rancid stench, she covered her nose and mouth and backtracked into her bedroom. “This has gotta stop!”
Melanie rifled through her dresser drawers until she found a surgical mask. “Gotta remember to get paper plates … getting too expensive…” she muttered.
Melanie donned the mask and grabbed a pair of Playtex gloves from the bathroom.
Trying to hold her breath, she quickly tossed the molding, food encrusted dishes into a box and hauled them to the dumpster —as was her monthly practice.
Dear Susan,
Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. I could almost smell the stench from here. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh Lordy… that will never do!
Welcome to Friday Fictioneers!
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Thank you, Dale! You all some great writers!
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How nice of you to say!
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You make me wonder what’s going on? Hoping you write another chapter of this story, Susan!
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Thank you, Lisa! I will give that some thought. 🙂
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🙂 Cool and you’re welcome.
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Melanie is the epitome of reason we have ended up with a climate emergency – too much needless waste! Good story.
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Thanks so much, Iain!
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I feel sorry for the guys that have to empty the dumpster! Nice one Susan.
Here’s my story!
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That just gives me the creeps —which means you did a great job 🙂
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Thank you!
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You described well the scene. I could smell the stench and feel her angst. Well-done!
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Thanks Brenda! That stench is pretty awful no? 🙂
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Oh no….the CIA didn’t come out of the television to do them? I’m picturing a woman who can’t cope.
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Actually, she’s lazy. And she can’t cope, either.
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Ah well, these things happen. Dollar stores always have cheap plates, just don’t microwave them! 😉
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