Flash Fiction Challenge: August 30, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a bottleneck. You can be literal or use the term to describe congestion. Go where the prompt leads.
https://carrotranch.com/2018/08/31/august-30-flash-fiction-challenge/
My contribution:
The Slide
She sees it. Poking out from under the sofa. She reaches down, closing her hand around the smooth green glass.
Just like Gramma’s! When she played the big guitar. Special for her.
“Honey, this is a bottleneck slide. It goes on my finger. Look!”
Then Gramma would smile, wink and whisper…
“This song is just for you.”
Pressing on the strings, she’d slide the glass. And sing. And fill them both up…
”If not for you…I’d be sad and blue if not for you…”
The little girl finds her there.
Holding the green slide. Tight.
“You found it!”
Love the sound of the slide guitar & love that Dylan song!
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So do I! Thank you for your comment.
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Outstanding take on the prompt and adding another layer to your running story line. I wonder if Gramma knew George Harrison’s version of the song?
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She probably did 🙂
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A beautiful scene unfolds with such rich details.
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Thank you for your comment 🙂
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Nice memory and nice use of the prompt.
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