I’ve been working on a new short story for the flash fiction website Litranaut. Actually I started it in December. It took me ages to come up with a story idea, but as soon as did, the story flowed very quickly. So much so that actually it will probably become a much bigger piece in the future. I’m thinking of writing it as a Script for a drama.
However, since that initially flurry of writing, it has taken me ages to get it all to come together. Part of the problem is because the size of the concept has increased so much that I’ve really struggled to keep the size of the story down. It was only meant to be about one thousand words, but it’s currently about three thousand. However, it has been split pretty much in two and will be released as a two parter…
Anyway, here’s the opening. And hopefully I’ll have it finished and with Litranaut soon.
“…New Yearâ€, she’d said, “Happy New Year.†Then she kissed him. That was the last thing Tim remembered. One minute they’d been singing Auld Lang Syne, and shaking hands. There had been the sound of Big Ben chiming the new year in over the radio. There had been party-poppers and blowers, and the sounds of fireworks outside. There had been cheers, and then that moment. That moment that seemed to slow down. That moment where she had lent in toward him, her lips precariously close to his. That moment when he could feel her breath lap over his lips. That moment when all he could think about was about closing that circle. Moving his lips toward hers. Closing that draughty mouth with his.
Then nothing.
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