It's Five Sentence Fiction time again! As usual, every week Lillie McFerrin posts a prompt on her blog (now moved to a new site). The goal? A flash fiction story, five sentences long, based on the prompt.
This one is a little formulaic, but I think it might work regardless. As usual, thanks for reading, and leave a comment to let me know what you think.
This Week's Prompt: Lost
(Photo taken by me - please do not use without permission)
It was starting to get dark; mist was
rolling in from the reservoir, blurring the lines of trees and fallen logs and
the slopes where, Sophie knew, she could easily fall and break her leg. As she
stumbled on a mossy log she called out for them again, but she knew it would be
fruitless; it had been hours since she had strayed from the path, and her
parents were likely searching in completely the wrong direction.
Her eyes stung after the deluge of tears;
another log, another stumble and she caught her balance on a huge tree, resting
her back against it to try and let her despair subside. And there, almost
hidden by a huge oak, was the smallest cabin; threadbare curtains hung on the
windows, illuminated by the flickering candlelight within.
Her heart screamed that this was not right,
that something seemed off, but she approached the cabin anyway; it was only
when she got closer that she saw a hand let the threadbare curtain fall, and
her voyeur’s shadow dart past the candlelight.
