My friends love either spring or summer with the shining bright soleil. I am the odd fan of fall. The only kid who loves to see trees go skeletal. Little do they know the leaf-less twigs also scared me. But I still love fall because of my granny!
She lives in a brick red house with a bold blue door. When Ber-month starts, autumn’s scarlet leaves begin to crawl and cover her brick wall. It’s the signal: let the games begin!
Whoever points the bloodiest leaf, among me and my cousins, will get the biggest chunk of world’s chocolatiest cake!
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Word count: 100
©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved.
Photo credit: Pixabay
In response to Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers (FFfAW) April 06, 2016.
Rules:
- a flash fiction challenge (stories in 100-175 words or less)
- each story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end
- no serial (continuation) stories
- include a pingback to the challenge post
Thank you for the lovely fall-inspired prompt, Priceless Joy! 
Read more short stories here:
I hope to see your name going viral on bookstores and newsstands someday. The sweetest storyteller I know with the choclatiest tales.
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Oh Nandita! You are making my cough and colds go away with you sweet words! ❤
Thank you! Will be reading your words soon! I missed them!
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I LOVE THIS!! And I can only echo Manan’s words–you are some kinda great storyteller, my dear. Praying your cough and cold are soon a pale memory!
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Oh. You are such a sweet soul, Azul! ❤ Thank you! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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You’re Most Welcome!
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I am curious to know what are your feelings towards fall? 🙂
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I love fall, and winter too, Rosema–actually prefer them to summer, as I don’t handle warmer temps well 🙂 And I find more poetry inspiration in the fall and winter 🙂
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awwww. that is true! 🙂 i think the scarlet fall and the sparkling white winter can really inspire the poet in us. 🙂
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We don’t get much sparkling white in winter–for which I thank God profusely! Some years we get a bit of snow, but mostly just rain–and I can write reams of poems about rain 🙂
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yeah! i can still remember the onyx rain poem of yours!!! sooooo beautiful!
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Ohhh, aren’t you sweet–thank you!
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you are also sweet! 😀
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Bless your heart 🙂
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and yours too, dear! ❤ ❤ ❤
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Mmm, now I’m hungry for chocolate cake! LOL! Love this story, Rosema but I need for you to explain to me what soleil and Ber-month is. Great game to play for the prize of the largest piece of beloved chocolate cake! Great story!
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Yay! Chocolate cake… yummmm! 😀 😀 😀
Thank you dear PJ! 🙂 Soleil is the French word for sun. 🙂
Ber-month refers to months that end with -ber (September, October, November, December). 😀 I am not sure if fall starts every September or October so… i used Ber-month. 😀
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Thank you for that information! 🙂
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My pleasure dear! ❤
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oh now I want some cake! I may need to bake one this weekend 🙂 this is a lovely story.
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awww! you know how to bake?? Throw me some! 😀 😀 😀
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well I know how to bake in theory but my results vary. 😉
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Theory or actual… I fail both. HAHAHA
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we both need lots of practice! 🙂
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This was a lovely story to match the stunning photo! 🙂
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oh thank you Judy! I agree that this photo is just stunning! 🙂
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Aww, this is such an adorable story. I love Spring too. But Fall has its own beauty. The colours that all the leaves take on… breathtaking.
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that is so true! 🙂 spring has its beauty with flowers blooming, but fall also has her fair share. 🙂 (so i assumed fall is a she! HAHA) thanks dear!
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Interesting story. I thought it might be a horror story at first. But if you could get a big chunk of cake it would be worth it to find that leaf.
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hahaha! I am so guilty of writing a lot of tragic and dark tales so I opt for something bright with this one. 😀 Thank you, Mandi!
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You create titles that draw the reader in! Not to mention the content. A big piece of chocolate(iest) cake for the bloodies leaf. Creative and artful work, Rosema!
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yay! thank you for noticing that, Christopher! 😀 let’s get some slice? 😀
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Absolutely, Rosema!
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Yay! Thanks!
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I would have excelled at that game of pointing out the best leaf 😉
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yay! that’s awesome to know Jacq!
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