Thank you to Rochelle for Friday Fictioneers!
I decided to go a bit upbeat today. We’ll see how that goes! 🙂
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot
The Redhead and the Writer
I’ve lost my mind. It’s the only answer. Maybe he’s not even here. Maybe he’s laughing and drinking a pint in a pub. Maybe I’m an idiot.
I’m an idiot.
I should have picked somewhere else to meet, somewhere romantic like in a Cary Grant film. Instead I picked a crowded, safe museum.
“Have you seen a redhead who likes David Bowie and cheese fries?”
“That’s a weird combination.”
“I thought so, but she reads Swedish writers.”
“You wouldn’t be a Swedish writer by chance?”
“In fact, I am.”
His blue eyes melt me. Maybe I’m not an idiot. Yet.
end 6/7/2018
Sascha Darlington
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Categories: Flash Fiction, FRIDAY FICTIONEERS
ooo la la
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Thank you! 🙂
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🙂
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can’t stop smiling.
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Thanks, Shreya! 🙂
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Lovely short. Great recovery from being stood up by a date. But will you now become a victim in a Swedish crime novel?
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Hmm. Or the antagonist? Thanks, James! 🙂
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Very sweet. Apart from the “yet” of course
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Yep. I couldn’t just let it go, right? 🙂 Thanks, Neil.
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I liked the qualifying last word. Heavy in irony.
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Thanks, Sandra. 🙂
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Ha ha – worked for me. Loved the originality of describing someone as looking like David Bowie and cheese fries (whatever they are). Great last line!
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thanks, Susan. 🙂
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Those Swedish writers get everywhere these days. A fortuitous meet, romance as destiny 🙂
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You’re right, Iain. They’re even becoming fiction. lol Thanks! 🙂
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Love it!
Never mind the “yet”… gotta give each other a chance…
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Yep, fully agree! 🙂 Thanks, Dale!
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🙂
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Thanks, Anne! 🙂
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Nice “meet cute” and a sweet beginning.
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Thanks, Tracey! 🙂
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I like this. It’s so romantic and authentic.
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Thanks, Lisa! 🙂
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Bloody Swedes, coming here to ogle our antiquities, drink our beer, and steal our women. Build a wall, I say.
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Lol thanks, Patrick!
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That final; word has got me wondering! Excellent.
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I just can’t let anything be, can I? Thanks, Keith.
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That’s Sascha!
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😀
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A blind date gone wrong? Or gone right? Or gone wrong but what the heck, this guy seems nice? Quite a mystery!
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I think it’s gone right, just late. Thanks, Penny! 🙂
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Dear Sascha,
Sweet and romantic. Full of promise. Nice.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle! 🙂
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Yah for romance!! Loved it! ❤
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Thank you! 🙂
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How lovely that they finally ran into one another. Fun take. Maybe she won’t ever become an idiot.
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I hope not. Let’s hope he never puts her into a situation where she becomes one.
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Maybe they’re going to live happily ever after 🙂
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It could be. A good sense of humor keeps relationships alive.
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Oh… love it…. and I’m a Swedish Writer of sorts.
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Lol there’s a lot of that going around these days.
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lol You’re more than just sort of a Swedish writer! 🙂
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Lovely burgeoning of love story – and love makes the world go round they say.
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Let’s hope it keeps the world going round! Thanks, Jilly! 🙂
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They should have come up with a better way to identify each other! Glad they found each other in the end – lovely tale
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You’re right….(or the writer should have lol) Thanks, Lynn.
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Ha! My pleasure 🙂
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Well a public place is always a good idea. I’m sure she was happy he showed up.
A bit of romance at the end …. me thinks?
Isadora 😎
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I think you are probably right. Thanks! 🙂
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I cannot think of a more romantic place to meet than a museum. You can learn a lot about someone by their comments on the art you love. I once took someone to see a Picasso exhibit at a local museum, and when he asked aloud if Picasso was on drugs, I knew the romance was gone. Wonderful post.
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I think the circumstances certainly can lead you to know whether there is any compatibility or not! Especially if you love Picasso. (Sounds like a not-perfect date for a story.) 🙂 Thanks for reading!
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Hey I think I am always one step away from being an idiot. Getting comfortable with the moment is often the setup.
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🙂 I think I’ve learned to embrace my inner and outer idiot. Thanks, Mary!
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Really like it 😀
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Thank you! 🙂
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