for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers
It used to be our field. Now it’s a building site, new houses apparently. I played there with my parents. Played hide-and-seek, flew a kite. The funfair used to come. Roundabouts, chairoplanes. I won a goldfish once! And the circus came with clowns, acrobats and a lion in a cage. Years later I played footie there with my mates. I had my first kiss there and my first…well, you know!
Then I got in with a bad crowd. We did things we shouldn’t, horrid things. One night we had a fight with the other lot, a terrible fight. Things got out badly out of hand. That night we buried…something, in the rough ground in the corner.
The builders stopped work this morning. They found something, or what’s left of it after all these years. The Police are there, crawling all over the site like a flock of yellow ants.
Grrrr. Why am I telling you this? How stupid. Mention anything to a soul and you’ll regret it. Keep it zipped. OK? You’ve been warned.
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Eventually, it all comes out. Excellent story.
Got to learn the craft of deft, tight story telling from you Keith.
Good one, indeed.
Looking forward to have you link up with us on #WordlessWednesday tomorrow. 🙂
Thanks for your kind words. See you there Natasha!
Hi Keith – yes I wonder how many others did similar – though count me out of that thought. Things are found out in the end … at some stage – I’ll keep quiet for you on this one – good read though – cheers Hilary
Your silence is appreciated Hilary!
Well written! I’m quite happy to not know what they found. 😉
Very sensible! Thanks Christine.
Sounds like this young man is already caught! He is just spinning his wheels! Great story, Keith!
He certainly is! Thanks PJ
Too many bad things happening. Kids play ground being converted to housing block. Then kids fighting and killing another kid, whose remains found today. Too bad, too sad.
It happens, sadly. Thanks Abhijit
Nice! Love how the ‘something’ is still obviously illegal! I’d assume it’s a body, but you can change the story a lot if you assume something magical!
Precisely what I thought!
Enjoyed how this story was told. Good work.
I’m pleased! Thanks so much
Another good story Keith.
Thanks so much.
So very curious. Would make a great start to something larger!
I’m tempted! Thanks for dropping by.
There ya have that, then! Yikes! My lips are sealed.
Ellespeth
Thank goodness! Cheers Ellespeth
Yes. To many parks are disappearing, great descriptive writing.
Too right. The one I played on throughout my childhood is now an industrial estate.