Friday July 24th, 2020

The exercise:

Write four lines of prose about something that is revealed: upon closer inspection.

2 comments:

Greg said...

Hmm, I feel that you might have picked this prompt based on what I wrote last week... which is very helpful, thank-you! I wonder if this means you're worrying more about Q yet, though....


As Theresa leaned to the board to get a better look Claire's hand gently reached out and restrained her.
"I would hate for anyone to accuse you of cheating when you're so close to winning the whole competition," said her partner, making Margaret and Theresa both stare at him. Clearly that was what Claire should have said, but... upon looking back at Claire Theresa suddenly noticed that the woman seemed oddly pale and was sweating.
"Now," said her partner sweetly, and Claire's hand returned to her lap, "I think it's South to play, right?"

Marc said...

Greg - maaaaybe.

(You're welcome.)

And no, I hadn't reached there quite yet at the time.

Oh, this continues to be a fascinating match. Quite the pair they're playing.