Tuesday 15 May 2012

One Hundred Word Challenge : Spooky Ruby Part 3


I am once again linking up with Julia's Place for the
100 Word Challenge Week #42

Our prompt for this week was the following :
You are to write a piece with these words in it:

LIBERTY EMPIRE APPLE YELLOW ENORMOUS

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Spooky Ruby Part 3
(if you need this to make more sense you could read part 1 (here) and 2 (here)

She was toying with a yellow apple at the kitchen table when heard Ruby’s Grandmother let herself in.  She thought it was a liberty, that she came and went as she pleased.  But it was his Mother.
‘Matriarch of the Henshaw Family Empire’ she thought bitterly. 

She wasn’t sure when she had become such an enormous annoyance.  After all, Ruby was so very attached to her.
It didn’t help, that although spending so much time at the house with Ruby, she didn’t speak to her. Hadn’t done so since the accident.  She’d tried, but was always met with silence. 
She shifted angrily.  Met with blame...


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13 comments:

  1. I love the way this story is developing. Can't wait for next week. Really interesting, and can't stand the sound of this mother-in-law from hell. Well done.

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  2. Ha ha! That was great. This story is going places. Mother in law from hell. She sounds really over bearing. But will it all be resolved? Looking forward to next weeks installment.

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    1. Now that is the million dollar question haha!

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  3. Really loving it, can certainly feel the tension - can't wait for the next addition.

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    1. Thank you - it's great to direct the tension through small installments.

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  4. Really enjoying this. There are so many questions being raised already!

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    1. Lots of questions - and I am not sure of the answer to many of them yet lol!

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  5. You're doing a really good job here!

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    1. Many thanks! I can't wait to find out what the next prompt will be!

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  6. resentment is easy to build...i look forward to the next installment!

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  7. I'm loving this series! Please tell me Ruby's grandmother is also dead... she's far too awful to be a living character.

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  8. Really enjoying this, keep going. x

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I would love for you to quack your thoughts along with me and will always try and quack right back.