Madison-woods.com has a new photo prompt up for Friday Fictioneers today, with 100 word responses due Friday. Do join if you like to write flash fiction; go to her blog for more info. Since I'm flying out Friday, I am jumping the gun and posting early this time. I had written three 100 word pieces for the three Fridays before, each seeming to fit into the same story of perfidy, spying, and conflict. But this week, the prompt took me in a different direction. Would you consider being in an insect's brain science fiction? Here goes:
It feels tight under this rock. I’ve been here a long
time. I need to move around. It’s hard. I’ll rest a while.
Ahh. Okay, now I can move
more. Yes! The house is open, I feel the universe
pulsing, smell flowers and rotting stems, fish, more. If I wiggle really hard, I can explore. Now I’m
outside. I was in that broken box,
how strange. But look at this long
green leaf above my rock. If I let
go, I can float up there and explore.
It’s so beautiful. A
suction, oops, it’s a huge mouth.
Good bye.
