Jul 14, 2016 Friday Fictioneers
This is a re-run of my 2014 story (which appeared on my first blog, which lasted for a year, and which I’ve now set on a shelf). Thanks, as always, to Fairy Blog-Mother Rochelle Wisoff-Fields who runs Friday Fictioneers! This week’s photo is courtesy of Sandra Crook. 
Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly
Genre: Semi-realistic fiction
Sheeples
(Originally titled “Sleep and Nipples”)
©May 14, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
I lay in bed, counting sheep.
A car appeared amidst the sheep. Its rear bumpers were visible. I tried to hail it. Nothing happened. The sheep pressed forward, urgent and militant, in my direction.
I reminded myself that I was trying to get to sleep.
The sheep came closer, backing me into a corner of the image.
I tapped at the edges of my mental image, but it remained resolutely two-dimensional.
Sleep never came. Sheep poured in, though.
Beside me, the baby stirred, and made sucking noises. I awoke. Sigh.
I shall never use lanolin on sore nipples again, ever.
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Tags: #FridayFictioneers, #Original 100-word Flash Fiction based on a photo-prompt, #Re-Run, #Sheep
May 14, 2014 Original Short Stories
Sheep and Nipples
©May 14, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
Welcome to my 100-word story contribution to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ Friday Fictioneers! This is an online community of writers who post 100-word stories based on a photo prompt provided on Rochelle’s blog. This week’s photo is courtesy of Sandra Crook.
I lay in bed, counting sheep.
A car appeared amidst the sheep. Its rear bumpers were visible. I tried to hail it. Nothing happened. The sheep pressed forward, urgent and militant, in my direction.
I reminded myself that I was trying to get to sleep.
The sheep came closer, backing me into a corner of the image.
I tapped at the edges of my mental image, but it remained resolutely two-dimensional.
Sleep never came. Sheep poured in, though.
Beside me, the baby stirred and made sucking noises. I awoke. Sigh.
I shall never use lanolin on sore nipples again, ever.
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Tags: #Friday Fictioneers, #Original Short Story, #Sheep, 100-word short story based on photo prompt, lanolin, nursing story, sore nipples