Slightly Redacted Excerpt from They All Died Smiling for Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction Writing Challenge
This week’s photo prompt perfectly lent itself to my paranormal/urban fantasy novel They All Died Smiling, which is available everywhere online, offline, and in libraries. The image of a city street in winter mde me think of the opening.
Ok, I didn’t succumb to the political hot term du jour. It’s slightly redacted to make the 100 words, but not much.
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Here’s the story…
Slightly Redacted Excerpt from They All Died Smiling for Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction Writing Challenge
By Ronda Del Boccio
for Friday Fictioneers 19 April 2019
Genre: The book’s paranormal. This excerpt is normal.
Word count: 100.
I stood in the subway station hoping my train would come soon. When I moved from the Ozarks for my new job at the Chicago Tribune, I learned something I really didn’t want to know.
Urine smells different the longer it ages on the poles, cement, and benches of a public transit system. Also, I learned that the more people live in an area, the more disgusting they become. Nothing prepared me for the stinking mass of humanity in a big city. Yuck.
When I first moved here, I was afraid. These days I’m not so much afraid as disgusted.
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I can relate to your feeling. Some say population is an asset. I think beyond a limit, everything is a liability. More pressure on the system, more is misuse and disuse.
A brief scene with excellent detail. Most of us do know these dark corners that smell, too many people in one place with too little compassion… the narrator’s disgust is well founded.
Dear Ronda,
Ugh. I could smell the urine. A scene well captured, sight, sound and scent.
Shalom,
Rochelle