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Weekly Contest #90
The L train was packed wall to wall. Ferne held her bag between her legs, face awkwardly turned to the side so that it wouldn’t bang into the shoulder of the woman in front of her. It was uncomfortable, the way she could feel the woman’s breath against her cheek, and she was a hair away from squeezing her eyes shut, just to try and imagine herself anywhere but here. It was a part of her daily commute, the L train. Ferne really should be used to this by now- she had known going in that it’d be crowded at this hour. And on a Friday to beat- a...
Weekly Contest #86
Ida’s flower shop was at the corner of the street, between the second hand bookstore and local bakery. The flower shop was small, and cluttered, and Ida ran the place completely on her own. The townspeople gossiped about how the young woman was a little strange at times. Sometimes she was seen whispering to her flowers, cupping the buds in her hands and leaning in close as if speaking to a lover. Other times she would walk into town with dying flowers placed delicately between her coarse curls. “It’s so they’re not alone, when they’re sick.”...
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