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Near Rhymes (42 words)
Jean loves the adjective “perfunctory.” It describes how her stepmother makes tea. In fact, it describes her stepmother.
“Defunct” is another adjective she loves, a near rhyme, and now, as she wipes the blade clean, a word that definitely describes her stepmother.
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Sascha Darlington
Yikes! Shades of Lizzie Borden. And in so few words. Good job. (Like the pic, as well.)
Or Cinderella gone wrong. hehe. Thanks, Maggie. 🙂
Yeeks, “defunct” indeed! You packed a lot in so few words.
Thank you! 🙂
Assonance, says Rita in “Educating Rita”, is when you get the rhyme wrong. There was not only assonance in this but dissonance too, Chilling!
Loved Educating Rita. May have to watch it again. And, I love your critique. 🙂 Thank you.
I love the dark humor in that piece, Sascha. Well written. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you so much, Suzanne! 🙂
This was fantabulous, Sascha!!
I’ve never written anything before that was fantabulous! Thank you so much, Dale! 😉
Oh my, Sascha!
Deadly in so few words. Brilliantly written.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you so much, Rochelle! 🙂
Yeah, tea should be made with flair. Put some funk in it. Boring tea maker = boring tea. You have to just kill them and find someone better. What else is one to do?
lol that kind of follows your story, right? Make it big! 🙂
You don’t want the flair/funk that’s in the tea from my story.
😀
Charming!!!! Good story Sascha
Thank you! 🙂
A quietly scarey tale — nicely done.
Thank you so much! 🙂
Oh dear, oh dear. I don’t know if I should laugh or hyperventilate. I so admire how you can tell this with such few words.
I hear voices. It makes it all easier. lol
darn, the stepmother was obviously not her cup of tea.
lol evidently not. Thank you, Plaridel! 🙂
Wow, love it! Those family relationships can be testing!
Evidently…it tees some off. haha. (does that translate?) Thanks, Iain! 🙂
Oooo fabulous. So succinct and yet descriptive. Brilliantly done
Thank you, Laurie! 🙂
Ouch… so much said with so few words… I wonder how future in jail will look like, and what adjectives to use.
Dysfunctional, probably. 🙂 Thank you, Bjorn.
Well. That was perfunctory 🙂
and defunctory. Thanks, Linda! 🙂
Short and sharp. Amazing.
Thank you so much, Margaret! 🙂
Oh, the horror… of tea made in a perfunctory manner!
I know, right? So much for tea being calming. 🙂 Thank you!
So sinister, so succinct in so few words. Great stuff Sascha
Thank you, Michael! 🙂
I had to look words up… lol. Great use of language.
🙂 Don’t feel bad. I frequently have to look up words before I use them to make sure they mean what I think they mean, which is what I did for perfunctory. lol Thanks!
Will she be using the knife for eating or chopping vegetables in future I wonder? I hope it wasn’t damaged whilst rendering her stepmother defunct. Great piece of writing, which I enjoyed reading. Best – Kevin
Good point. I’ve heard that knives can be damaged after used in a stabbing. I suspect she’ll figure out a way to get it sharp again.
Thanks for reading! 🙂
you have provided very good information about the adjectives.. Keep on sharing such useful posts in future..
Thank you.