Another week, another Friday Fictioneers. 100 words of fiction based around the weekly changing photo prompt. I’m on a roll, 2 weeks on the trot, yeahh.
Photo Copyright : Marie Gail Stratford
On the 3rd floor, a young couple use storage boxes for a table and eat Noodles out of paper tubs.
Four floors up. A nervous mum picks wet towels up off the floor, stops at the mirror and dusts powder over her bruised cheek. A perfect tea awaits her husband.
The lift stops at the 10th floor, the retired teacher and his wife take the stairs up the next two floors. He carries the bags when her arthritis is bad.
In an office across town, the last eviction notice is sealed. The developer sits back and smirks “bricks and mortar, just bricks and mortar”.
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Lots of impact, lots of ‘what happens next?’ Great piece, I want to know more.
Thank you 🙂
Dear Helen,
Wonderful slice of life on different levels.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle 🙂
Never just bricks and mortar, as you so well portray.
“The Midge” has struck again with pure gold! All those people, yet the irony of “bricks and mortar” is a hit between the eyes. Nice work, Helen. You deliver! 🙂
Thanks for the fab comment 🙂
A little slice of every day life, beautifully told, Helen. And sadly, it never is just bricks and mortar for everyone, is it?
Lovely vignettes! They bring the building to life
Such a great snapshot into the residents lives. Not easy to do in that word count. Really well done.
Thanks 🙂
The people behind the glass and concrete – great story.
Nicely done.
Cheers 🙂
One person makes a decision and so many lives are impacted. Great story and message packed in 100 words!
Very well written!😊
You captured so much life in this short take. Well written with so much unsaid, but implied. Great to see you, Helen.
Thanks Amy, its good to be back 🙂
I like this piece alot. BIg business just sees the numbers, not the lives behind them. Well written
For them it’s home, for that guy it’s brick and mortar. Sadly that’s how it works. Great story.
Good job capturing the variant parts of humanity. From the arthritis to the building manager. Great characters!
Bricks and mortars and humanity. Great job!
This was great!