Comments on: Friday Flash: Sale or return

By: Miladysa

Miladysa — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:59:59 +0000

My favourite line?

“Out of the corner of his eye he could see the fairy on her back, clutching her sides as she laughed uncontrollably. Horrid things.”

hee hee

By: Laurita

Laurita — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:42:20 +0000

A marvelously enchanting story. Loved all the little magical details.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:40:47 +0000

Thank you for such kind comments everyone. What’s strange is that I drafted a flash on the Thursday night, didn’t like it and went to bed. I woke up the next morning with this story just ‘there’ in my head. I ran to the machine and an hour later it was up. Weird.

@Cascade Lily – The odd clothing was something I wanted to explain but didn’t have the words available to keep below 1000. She was wearing what we would consider normal clothes, being mundane, but for the shopkeeper who has a distinctly different clientele, the clothing looked bizarre to him. Does that make sense?

It seems all I need to do now is catch a few fairies and put them in bell jars to make my fortune – seems to be a untapped market here ;o) xx

By: Diana Maus

Diana Maus — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:36:36 +0000

You have a knack for creating atmosphere. I liked this one very much. It’s very English too – a compliment!

By: Cascade Lily

Cascade Lily — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:10:02 +0000

I want to know more about why you had the poor woman wearing distinctly odd clothing! Never mind the nasty fairy!

By: ~Tim

~Tim — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:06:01 +0000

This is such an enjoyable little piece. I love the world you describe here.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:55:57 +0000

*Love* this one. I want more – turn it into a novel!

By: Iapetus999

Iapetus999 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:28:04 +0000

Good thing she didn’t flush the fairy down the toilet…or feed it to the dog…

Good job!

By: Jen B

Jen B — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:39:23 +0000

Ha! That’s great. What a fun story (though also a bit sinister!) Thanks for sharing it.

By: Deirdre @wyld_dandelyon

Deirdre @wyld_dandelyon — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:26:49 +0000

Oh, lovely!!!

Here in Milwaukee attaching an A to an address means rear door where a house was converted into a two-flat, or sometimes the rear building.