LEANING ON A LAMP-POST - 100 word story

As soon as I saw this photo prompt for the Friday Fictioneers I thought about the George Formby song: I'm Leaning on a Lamp-post, which made me start to think...

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Photo Prompt: Sandra Crook

LEANING ON A LAMP-POST

Eddie leant on the lamp-post opposite the park bench so that he’d see her passing by. If she was unattractive he'd ditch his rose and skedaddle.

A beautiful woman sashayed towards the bench. She was carrying a matching rose. Eddie's heart leapt. Should he wave?

He looked down, controlled a giggle and swiped his sweaty palms on his thighs. Be cool and sophisticated. Let her do the work. He took a breath, composed the sexy smile he’d been practising and looked up. 
Her rose lay abandoned on the bench.

Incredulous, Eddie smoothed his comb-over as he watched her retreating back.

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LAST LAUGH - A 100 word story

The Friday Fictioneers photo prompt this week made me think about the potential dangers of ice in all its forms.

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson

LAST LAUGH

The glacier oozed like discoloured toothpaste from mountains topped with snow like crumpled bedlinen.

With Andy droning on about “moraines”, we climbed up beside the glacier before stepping onto the jagged ice. 'Glacier formation is fascinating.'

'Yeah.' I yawned.

Andy found a minty-blue ice cave. 'Come and look at these stalactites.'

'They're icicles, not stalactites. And I'm not entering a cave that could collapse without warning.'

'You think icicles are dangerous?' Sarcasm splintered his laugh.

With an ear-shattering boom ice pinnacles lifted and toppled.

Andy squealed and leapt clear as the glacier swallowed the cave.

I returned his sarcastic laugh.

I hope you enjoyed my story and look forward to reading your comments.

If you wish to read more Friday Fictioneers stories you can find them listed HERE

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