She had to refer that old calendar for her artwork, which lay somewhere in the attic.
It looked tidy enough, but she couldn’t find it.
Her eyes fell on her mother’s rusty box which was off limits for her as a child.
‘I’m no longer a child’, she thought and peered into its contents.
A postcard caught her eyes.
She was numb with shock.
Is it true or a wild accusation? Will tossing a coin help her decide?
Which side her responsibility rest?
Her father was framed for a crime he did not commit.
And the culprit was her mother!!
This is in response to the Write Tribe Contest #1 using the 7 words :
postcard, coin, tidy, wild, help, calendar and responsibility in random order.
71 Responses
Good one. I was getting ready for an unexpected ending. I even concluded she found her mother had an affair. But this ending was really unexpected. I like that.
Thank you SG. Glad this piece took you by surprise. 🙂
Totally unexpected ending, you are getting so good at micro-fiction Shilpa!!
Thank you so much, Reshma. You are too generous 🙂
This is cool…a drabble with the prompt…you might wanna highlight the words from the prompt as required in the contest…good one, Shilpa!
Hi Kajal. Thanks for the feedback. I am travelling. ..seeing the post on phone, it shows bold and italics in the editing mode but as you rightly mentioned the bold and italics is not visible on live post. Will be able to change this only when I am back on Saturday. 😛
Wow Very crisp and awesome.
Thanks a lot, Ma’ am 🙂
Oh dear now that was unexpected but awesome how you combined the words into a short piece of writing. btw Shilpa, you link from the Write tribe linkup doesn’t work – goes to a 404 error page.
Glad you liked it, Suzy. Thanks for sharing that… added a new link on the contest post.
Uh oh.. That is bad. I was thinking, maybe the mother had an affair or something. Look what you’ve done 😛
Very nice…and totally unexpected ending…you are really good at micro fiction 🙂
Thanks Rashmi. Glad you liked it 🙂
Nice story!
Thks Rachna 🙂
Awesome Shilpa! We can always expect the unexpected from you 🙂
Thank you Seena 🙂
Very creative, Shilpa:)
Thks Mr Bhatia 🙂
zingy! great twist in the end!
🙂 Thks LP 🙂
Good one!! And I agree with Reshma here….you are getting better & better in this!
Aha! Thank you! 🙂
Like many out there, I thot she will find a old love letter of he rmom tucked away in the box 🙂
Oh, I never thought about that 😛
Amaaaaaaaaaazed!!! How do you churn such creative posts so fast that too the prompt comes with conditions.
You are blessed 🙂
Necessity is the mother of invention 😛
Wow! That was unexpected! Good one.. 😀
Thank you Vaisakh 🙂
quite a twist. I had expected an old romance…good post 🙂
Thks Vinita. 🙂
This was super, Shilpa. Just when I think a drabble is bad enough, you go and combine a 7-word prompt into it. And the ending is totally unexpected.
Wow.
I know you dont like Drabble 😀
Glad it caught you unawares 😀
I almost came to the conclusion that mother was the culprit
Wow! We think alike 🙂
so much suspense that too in 100 words !
bravo lady. I am stumped by these brilliant short stories shilpa
Good lck
Thanks so much Afshan. And I am stumped at your creative posts for the various contests 🙂
awesome.
Thank you Sanjay 🙂
woah! that was some ending! 🙂 loved it!
Thks Apala 🙂
O! Shilpa! What a thriller it was! BRILLIANT
B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T
You are generous, Pree. Thanks 😛
I thought she would find something that said she was adopted..ek dum unexpected twist in the end 🙂 🙂 nice one..
Oh, wow… that’s a nice creative thought 🙂
I wished it were longer. Well done, Shilpa.
Ooh! Thanks Damyanti 🙂
Ooooo! What an amazing twist! Brilliant!
Kathy
http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com
Glad you enjoyed the twist, Kathy 🙂
good one!
All the best for the contest! 🙂
Thnks Pixie 🙂
Wow…that was unexpected…well written…
Sreedev Soman @ KookyDom
Thank you, Sreedev 🙂
hmm , Agatha Christie being reborn??/
Awww…. far from it! 😀
Shilpa, won’t you continue that story? My interest is piqued.
🙂 All the best!
Now, you gave me an idea, Vidya! Thank you 🙂
wow! this is quite an interesting piece and the end was something once can not fathom. I must have said a lot of times, lesser words more difficult a writing but the outcome is always the best in them.
A wonderful read 🙂
Glad you enjoyed reading these 100 words, Richa 🙂
Good one! Short, crisp and interesting!:)
Thank you Tarang 🙂
WOW!! Short and crisp…. liked the twist in the end 🙂
Dropping by WriteTribe contest! ATB!
Thanks Rohan 🙂
I loved your take on the contest Shilpi..Imaginative and mysterious to the core!!!1
Glad you liked it D 🙂
This was fantastic, Shilpa! So well written! Loved it!
Thank you Smitha 🙂
Oh! The horror of it. Nicely done, Shilpa.
Thanks a lot, Corinne 🙂
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