A little fun with fellow Substack Writers
I was delighted to be asked by Debs Debs Stott to co write a 100 word story with her; 50 words each, Debs started, I finished…
The magician.
Dabelle stood under the disco ball, at the epicentre of light and shadow, her face unturned, her feet tapping out the strong tango rhythm. Her floor-length purple dress was a moving mosaic of light as she swayed alluringly.
Captivated, Larry gazed at her from a dark corner of the room.
He preferred dark corners, there, he could conjure magic, latently.
She wouldn’t dance with him anyway, nobody ever did.
God she was beautiful, he thought, guiltily but not quite…
Eyes closed, muttering words, foreign, indecipherable.
Then, smiling, he watched the disco ball fall, exploding, a thousand sparkles on her head…
Are you enjoying these 30 second reads? It’s hard to believe that in just 100 words a story can be significantly woven to leave a reader intrigued enough to want more, but as the wonderful Erica Drayton has shown us countless times (daily in fact) it can.
Do let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.
You may like to read other short stories by writers bitten by Erica’s passion…
And of course, the conjurer of the addiction, because we all are…
It wasn’t even close to my original thought ! Glad you liked it Debs... thanks for the great start! X
Wonderful collaboration. Bravo!