First Campaign Challenge!

Yay! We received the first challenge for the Writers' Platform-Building Campaign. Here are the rules:

Write a short story/flash fiction story in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, including a poem. Begin the story with the words, “Shadows crept across the wall”. These five words will be included in the word count. 

If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional), do one or more of these:

• end the story with the words: "everything faded." (also included in the word count)

• include the word "orange" in the story

• write in the same genre you normally write

• make your story 200 words exactly!

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Shadows crept across the wall as I lay in my bed and stared up at the ceiling, adamant that I would not look at the boy stationed by the door.

I frowned at my orange jumpsuit and picked at an imaginary bit of fluff. “You’d think they would make this in a more flattering colour. Lime green, butter yellow?”

When he didn’t say anything, I couldn’t help myself. I had to sneak a peek at him.

He was still there in the same position he had been in for the last four hours. It was a miracle he could stand there for so long. Not a single muscle twitched on his face and, I swear, he barely blinked. Now that was dedication.

“Do you like ice cream?” I asked as I shifted around so I was on my side. “I love it in any flavour. What about you?”

Silence met me and I continued in a nonchalant tone. “And don’t even get me started on sundaes. Yummo!”

With our conversation going nowhere, I sighed and lay on my back again. Several uneventful seconds passed by in which I considered yodeling to get his attention.

“Rainbow,” he said, “I like rainbow.”

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I managed to get 200 words exactly and included the word "orange"! I'm looking forward to stopping by everyone else's blogs! Leave a link to your post if you comment so I can stop by and check out your piece too. :)


If you liked my entry and would like to vote for me, I'm #90 on the linky list at Rachael Harrie's site.