Friday Flash – A Spiral Staircase
A while ago I wrote a series of 100-word stories – exactly 100 words, including the title, with a group of other writers. It was good fun, an interesting discipline, and nothing much came of it. Later on I reworked some of mine into a very loose structure I called ‘A Spiral Staircase’, and again did nothing with them. So I decided I’d post them here, one a week.
So, here’s the first one:
Art for Art’s sake
It’s not that Tiffany wanted fame or wealth, or even notoriety. It was a good feeling when a stranger appreciated what you’d done because they didn’t have to like it. Too often friends said ‘Oh, yeah, that’s really good’, because they don’t want to hurt your feelings. But that wasn’t what she needed to hear: it didn’t help her improve. She really didn’t mind if nobody even knew that she did it, although it was nice sometimes to connect.
In the end it all came down to self-expression, she thought, as her mark entered the sights.
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Nicely done. I always appreciate a powerful low word count with a twist.
Interesting type of self-expression – but then, why shouldn’t sniping be an art, as well as a skill?
welcome to fridayflash!
Nicely done. “To often” should be “Too often.”
I agreed with the story’s sentiment and enjoyed the twist at the end. 🙂
Oops – fixed. And thank you!
I like it! Looking forward to more to come.
I don’t know how constructive criticism would work for snipers…