Silent river
A raft drifted on the silent river. The camera whirred and the khaki-clad man on the raft whispered, “Here we are, in search of the largest croc to swim in these waters. He is huge, silent and a nasty predator. He is hi …”
SPLASH…; a few bubbles and the river was silent again.
Two regulars at Kafka cafe, Rahul and Maverick had done the 55fiction thing on their blogs and left an open tag. so the Stygian Sailor took it up and wrote the above.
Anyone is welcome to take up the tag if they be interested.
rules of the tag:
1. only 55 words or lesser to produce a work of fiction.
there are other rules which have been ignored for the Sailor's convenience . if anyone wants to know the full rules, Google has answers.
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21 comments:
great man...
One those over adventurous animal planet guys , I presume...
Good One maga... Made me think of Steve Irwin although he died differently.. full score for the setting..
thats just really beautiful!
**a few bubbles and the river was silent again.
I love that line!
Keshi.
re rahul: thanks dude. actually your way of handling the 55 words was better. i wrote 78 words, then i edited to 65 and then i deleted the whole thing and rewrote it again. quite tough this thing.
the story was inspired by steve irwin of course, but the style- i wanted to make it Roald Dahls ish, again 55 words too less :)
re maverick: thanks maga. it was indeed inspired by Steve Irwin, but the setting is incomplete i felt.
re keshi: thank you. how is your knee?
Yikes!
Is that a 'Kafkasque' nightmare?!!
Good one!
Thanks for your visit!
slowly healing but still painful when I lift it :( i cant even get in the car w.o. howling lol!
tnxx!
Keshi.
whoaaa.. in 55 words that was brilliant.. heeee i got swallowed in with those bubbles.. geee..
n yeh, steve irwin- sad way to die..stung by his own passion!
RE mona : welcome aboard.thank you.
thank Google blog search for the visit :)
RE keshi: time heals all wounds
re jane: thank you. why don't you give it a shot?
RIP Steve :)
yeah rite try telling that to my right knee! :(
Keshi.
re Keshi: it is a tiny lil right knee after all lol.
ringabell??
Knee isnt as TINY as ur toe nail is! haaaaaaaaaaaha Stygian doesnt know how to compare!
Keshi.
re keshi: i am comparing it on the pain grade scale :)
ok agreed..mebbe we both wer in great pain. but the difference is in how we handled our situations...:) I went out n had fun despite the pain...u screwed ur bday. lol!
Keshi.
re keshi: my b'days are always screwed. so it is ok. there was so much alcohol that i realised the b'day blues only about 4 months late :)
good for u then :)
Keshi.
wow!!! Crisp, and lots of action in those few words....you write well!!!
re prats : hi.
thank you.
where have you been ?
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