PHOTO PROMPT © Mary Shipman
Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly
Genre: Semi-realistic fantasy-fiction
Genii
©April 29th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
My husband had died. My son had taken the house. My relations were scattered.
All I was left with now was the shop. No one wanted it. By law, it was mine (an old will left by my husband before things soured).
I sat there, my heart in pieces, selling a small thing here or there, just enough to buy food, and pay for my heat.
“How much for that lamp?” asked a bell-clear voice.
I looked up.
A beautiful gray-haired woman stood there. Her eyes were mist-gray. “I’m Jeanie,” she said, “I need that lamp.”
I fell in love.
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This is my third attempt. Bear with me, please! Something about this photograph calls out to me.
Once again, many thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, Fairy Blog-Mother of FF, for hosting Friday Fictioneers, where we get to read the work of some of the best story-tellers in the blogging world. Thanks, too, to Mary Shipman for that lovely photo-prompt!