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Today word prompt (The beginning of the story in bold) come from Melody-Ann Kaufmann and the picture is from the collection by the amazing Rayna M Iyer.
I picked them because it seemed like a brave thing to do. I had no idea if I could write a story based on the prompts, but when has that stopped me from trying?
Here goes:
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I didn’t, I almost died in there, he said, fingering the ring he’d put on my hand, April Fool was my exit strategy.
The ending touched and tickled me 🙂
That's some April Fool's caper, indeed.
After reading 'Gossip' I was prepared for the worst. Glad no one died in this story! He really took a great risk!
A bizarre but well-written story! Glad it ended well, but I still wouldn't like to be in her shoes. What was he thinking? Sometimes it is good that fiction is fiction.
You are a good story-teller!
Best wishes,
Anna
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What a nice piece of flash fiction. I especially like the ending. It made me laugh.
This is great! I wasn't expecting the ending.
Ellie
Ellie's Blank Book
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Absolute GENIUS!
Hilarious! 'April Fool's was my exit strategy' 🙂 I may have to borrow that for the future.
Who doensn't enjoy a good coffin story…with romance thrown in for good measure! LOL
Ok thats creative. and so is your post…
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Dan thinks out of the box,(no pun intended), inside the coffin 🙂
Lovely story yet again.
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I didn't expect it to end how it did, so that was great. The last line was perfect too! Thanks for posting.
Wow, awesome!
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Fabulously funny, yet it touched my heart, too! You are one hell of a story-teller!
Great story, a very fun read.
mood
Moody Writing
@mooderino
The Funnily Enough
Thank you for a lovely story. Yummy, too!
It feels like a couple you could write about again.
Great exit strategy. Loved this.
Very sweet – I loved it!
Christine@
Coffee in the Garden
In the Care of the Great Physician
This made me smile. Love the "exit strategy" line!
ooh very nice story! loved it.
Smart guy! He had it worked out either way…
Oh my goodness! Exit strategy, haha. Good story.
Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z
great story in a short space. I'm enjoying your challenge posts and thanks for visiting mine
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and yes I finally turned off the word verification that I didn't know I had on – slight computer idiot here.
Anyway – happy A to Z
What a unique way to propose!
I want to read the rest of the story …
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I proposed to my wife after waking her up in bed. She'll never forget that either!
There are so many stories that could have been written for that picture and so many directions this story could have gone. I was quite literally on the edge of my sit not knowing how it was going to end. Was it going to be light-hearted or end with a blazing and tragic twist?
Poor girl. She had to haul those coffins in all by herself. They must've either been really light or she was super strong.
Sarah @ The Writer's Experiment
I wasn't sure what way that was going for a while – my twisted mind would have had one killing the other, or at least attempting. Your story was lovely, and a great story for their children!
That was very touching. What a sweet proposal. 😉
F is for Fantastic story! And I thought my husband was clever proposing via the Scrabble board. LOL Great job!
F is for Fantastic story! And I thought my husband was clever proposing via the Scrabble board. LOL Great job!
If that had been, I'd still be in the hallway, dead in the coffin.
I like the ending, very clever. I like it all actually.
I didn't see that coming at all. Well done.
LOL Love this one. I chuckled.
I LOVE this story! I love everything you write, but this one… This one is magic, Damyanti. Thank you!
Clever exit strategy – I am glad I'm married before my hubby reads this – it's precisely the sort of weird thing he'd come up with.
Brilliant! Really, I kept expecting a vampire so it was nice that is was just Love.
*~ MAJK ~*
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Oh that is such a cute proposal 🙂
Universal Gibberish
Loved the story! Brilliant! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm really enjoying the A-Z challenge 🙂 LindaK
That's a sweet story. Always good to have an exit strategy.
What a sweet ending it turned out to be! I was expecting the worst when I saw that picture prompt! You never cease to amaze me, D!
J.C. Martin
A to Z Blogger
What a nice start and she will always remember that as part of their future together. Lovely story
Well, that's definitely a 'different' way to propose!