Word Count: 100 words
Genre: Paranormal romance
Ghost-Boat
©August 30th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Every evening, Saras goes down to the banks of the river flowing near her house.
A dark boat emerges silently from the gloaming. Saras steps on board. Sitting back, she sighs. The boat moves. No oars break the water’s surface.
Long ago, she’d loved the boatman.
A bamboo flute breathes desire and despair into the air. Saras sings with it. And she waits, calmly, without hope.
Now, Saras hears a question. Her dead lover’s shimmering form emerges. Saras says softly, “What took you so long to ask?” then, dissolves into tears.
When the boat returns to shore, it is empty.
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.I was away on vacation this past week. Catching up is hard to do. I thought I’d post this before the next FF prompt showed up.
This is a serious addiction.
Thanks to Rochelle, our beloved Fairy Blog-Mother, for hosting Friday Fictioneers. Her stories always inspire and move me.
Thanks to Georgia Koch for that mysterious photograph!