Another quick flash fiction challenge for Write on Wendy. This is a sampling for a story I’m tooling around with. 490 words so I hope someone enjoys it.
Despair
“No!” Dalton screamed, while punching the mirror. The reflective glass cracked, a few shards falling into the sink.
“No,” he said again, more a whimper than a rage-filled scream.
His arms, now braced on the sink, began to tremble slightly. Despair swept over him, the trembling increased, and tears began to fall. In the sixteen years of life, he had only wept a few times. Sure, a few tears had fallen, but not like now.
“This can’t be happening to me.”
One of the slivers of mirror in the sink stared back at him, and he saw them again. Continue reading