The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
The Red Shoes
“A photo prompt? Ooooh. High-heeled lace-ups.”
“What’s that book?”
“So retro—art reference—I want.”
“No. That one. Red cover, gold letters, dog… E-G-P-U-something-C-A-R-O—“
“Zoom in. RECRUIT. Dog?”
“CAROLINA.”
“Which Carolina?”
“OUTH… D-E-R—”
“DEPOT. Red pumps.”
“ND OUTH CAROLINA…”
“MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, Iwo Jima Memorial. That dress at Nordstrom’s . . . ?”
“The dog–“
“Where?”
“On the ‘memorial.’ English Bull. Eyes, ears, big red tongue.”
“Going shopping. ‘Bye.”
“Ohhhh. Not a tongue. The cover. There’s the Marine’s bottom… his leg… I thought it was a dog.”
“A Rorschach cover.”
“What’s a dog mean?”
“What’s a bottom mean?”
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Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina 1968 ~~~ Not the same, but similar
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Afterword
Word Count: 42
Speaker # 1 didn’t go shopping for red pumps. He stayed home, worked on his cartoons, did laundry, and massaged William the Cat. “Rorschach cover” is his.
Speaker #2 said, “Thank you,” then wrote and cut and cut and cut. And wrestled with Ernest the Cat.
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Kathy Waller 