She was surprised when he welcomed her with a smile. He clearly had forgotten about the argument they had had in the morning, regarding her affair. He asked her to make a cup of tea and she gladly obliged. She turned the gas on and was soon engulfed in flames as he watched her burn from outside with a victorious grin.
It had all started and ended with a spark.
This five sentence fiction is written for the topic 'Sparks' at Lillie McFerrin Writes.
~ Soumya
Oh. My. God. I'm speechless.
ReplyDeleteI hope in a good way :)
DeleteYou packed so much in so few words.Marvellous!!
ReplyDeleteThank you KP!
DeleteThanks Anita!
ReplyDelete. . .he grinned and walked in to the kitchen, and hugged the fire ball. He whispered into her ear, "I love you, you shouldn't have to be fall for somebody else." She listened and realized how protective a man could be, as both of them evaporate for the world of "NO BETRAYAL" ...
ReplyDeleteWow! If I had more than five lines to pen this, I would include this for sure.
DeleteFucking WOW
ReplyDeleteIts nice to be able to get these words out of you :D
DeleteWow.. Wow.. It is a real ending!
ReplyDeleteThanks Preeti, you are always kind :)
DeleteWicked wicked wicked! That was quick!
ReplyDeleteCheers
CRD
Do visit mine
Wicked is good at times :)
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ReplyDeleteJust visited. Loved "IF WISHES WERE BIKES" :)
DeleteRevenge it seems here is best served in flames! :D
ReplyDeleteGooooooooooooood one LEO!!!!
Hahaha revenge on a sizzler :P
DeleteThanks Red!
breath taking :)
ReplyDeleteThank you darling! :)
DeleteYour words are more intense when they are less :) Good one!
ReplyDeleteThank you my lady, you are awesome :)
DeleteOh man, psycho!! The thing about these crisp stories is that you don't know the background and so you are forced to call these men psychos. That's why I prefer longer versions. Just saying!
ReplyDeleteSeriously! I so agree with this. Short versions always remain incomplete and I try to put out the most complex ending possible. Still, somehow I am never satisfied with limited words and sentences.
DeleteAt the last line, the shock was so galvanic that I tumbled into deep chasm...AWESOME..truly.
ReplyDeleteThank you Namrata! :)
DeleteThis guy, he knew how accidents can be doctored. Very calculated person, but she must have been suffering from cold or something to not smell the gas, right? ;-)
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Blasphemous Aesthete
Haha, maybe he did not! And maybe she was suffering from cold too. Or maybe the shock of her smiling husband blurred out her sense of smell. Still a possibility right? :P
DeleteYes Ma'am, anything for a good twist :D
Delete:D
DeleteOh my god!
ReplyDeleteWow! Wonderfully written in 5 sentences.
Thank you Titli!
DeleteThis was a wow read....
ReplyDeleteThank you Tina! Welcome to my blog :)
DeleteOww My Gawwd! :O
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