Thanks once more to Rochelle for harvesting the Friday Fictioneers 100-word stories. You’ll find the whole hoard in the store-cupboard at this little LINK. My story is set in September 2015, in the English seaside town of Lyme Regis (sandcastles, cream teas, fossils and Jane Austen).
Thanks also to Marie Gail Stratford for the photo prompt.
Oh I do love to be beside the seaside
Your beloved cove – it’ll be as good as new.
That’s my son, the oil company PR guru. But he didn’t expect me to go and see for myself.
We honeymooned there, my late husband and I; slept deep to the sound of waves, woke to the call of seagulls.
Last night I lay awake as the huge machines washed the sand and filtered the seawater. After my morning coffee I rang a few newspapers, packed a bag and fetched my walking stick.
Eighty-five-year-old woman joins environmental camp.
My beloved son – doesn’t he realise who gave him those PR skills?
M J Lewis ©2015
Love it! Just the poetic phrasing alone makes it a pretty story, But you’ve packed in a remarkable amount of story in so few words. Bravo!
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Fantastic. Nice tension. I really enjoy seeing a writer who knows her business make that measly hundred words do the duty usually handled by an entire chapter. Bravo.
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Oh, I do love a story with a great ending! You delivered such a good story and her son will be surprised. EXCELLENT! Nan 🙂
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Thanks for all your kind comments. I do like to go on a bit so finding I can be effective in 100 words is a pleasing surprise.
Glad you liked the mother/son bit Nan.
Have been thinking about mother/son relationships with my son home from Uni this week for friends, work and family in that order.
For a mighty piece on family conflict do read Karen Rawson’s A Damn Fine Fire.
Cheers,
MJ
PS And if you’ve ever near Lyme Regis it is truly a lovely place.
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MJ that is SO kind of you.
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Very nicely done. That son is going to get a big surprise.
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He underestimated Mum-power!
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I think her son is going to be very shocked. I love the way you describe the memories of her honeymoon vs the current situation. Great story. 🙂
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Thanks for your comment.
I had a much longer description of the honeymoon but in a 100 words you have to learn to trust what the reader brings to the story – so thanks for bringing it!
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Nicely written.
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Good for her. Great PR person she will really need to be when up against Big Oil.
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Thanks for your comments.
Big Oil might be slick, but passionate people power sometimes comes out on top!
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Wonderful story of beautiful memories, environmental loss, Davids vs Goliaths, and mothers and sons. So much! I just love it.
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Good for her. Something tells me he underestimated his mother.and her PR skill quite a bit. I loved the headline in the paper. Well done, MJ. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thank you Suzanne and Margaret. Glad you liked my feisty heroine!
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