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Sue Spitulnik

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One Person’s Opinion

Age 10 — Mom’s red geraniums don’t smell sweet like a flower should. I don’t like them.

Age 20 — When I see a red geranium I remember my mother. She liked their bold color.

Age 45 to present — I live close to the cemetery where my folks rest. I pot red geraniums near their headstone each spring, and they survive the summer no matter the weather, with no care.

Age 68 to present — I plant red geraniums at home so I can enjoy the memories.

After I pass, I hope my children plant them for me.

Note: This week, we were experimenting with how many ways we could write red. Thus, multiple micro flashes go in different directions. 

Written in response to Charli Mills January 2, 2024, prompt at Carrot Ranch Literary: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the color red. It can be a descriptor, a setting, a character, or a metaphor. How far can you get in a story by expanding “red”? Go where the prompt leads!

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The Red Button is Returned

The boy was often left to his own devices while Mummy sewed extravagant dresses and coats for the elite. He couldn’t help being jealous of the beautiful clothes and fasteners. One day, she was working on a new wool coat that was to have soft red velvet-covered buttons. He nicked one when he was sent from the room, which caused a big to-do since there were no extras.

Years later, when his mother passed, the man tucked the thread-bare button inside her hand while she lay in her coffin. “I’m sorry. I needed a part of you with me.”

Written in response to Charli Mills January 2, 2024, prompt at Carrot Ranch Literary: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the color red. It can be a descriptor, a setting, a character, or a metaphor. How far can you get in a story by expanding “red”? Go where the prompt leads!

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Seeing Red

A couple in their early stages was walking the mall. She pulled him into a Victoria's Secret store and picked up a frilly red nightie.

He scowled. "You aren't wearing that for me."

"But Babe, red is for love and romance."

"Blood and anger," he retorted. 

"You said you left the service five years ago. You gotta let it go."

"You hold your buddy on the battlefield with blood gushing out of his guts and get over it." 

"It's in the past..."

"It's every night in my colorful nightmares." He stormed away, leaving her there with no way home.


January 2, 2024, prompt from Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch Literary: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the color red. It can be a descriptor, a setting, a character, or a metaphor. How far can you get in a story by expanding “red”? Go where the prompt leads!

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