I’ve had this painting on my list for a while, and although cheery it isn’t, there’s a good story behind it (Kat, feel free to ignore this week’s prompt) although I challenge you to write a story that is not the story of a drowned person. For one thing, if you’re drowned, it’s impossible for you to be telling us about what it was like. Think backstory, meanings, motives and reasons. Who are the people on the beach, why are they there, who are they carrying, is it a corpse, a grieving lover?
Please post your stories in the comments box before next Thursday. Despite everything, have fun 🙂
Jane Dougherty Writes 
The forest black, cold, frightening looms before me. My heart pounding, shaking fear is all I can feel. Frightful noises all around me, crackling branches thump as they hit the ground.
I want to step forward to see what I can see. I can not move, every fiber is frozen. I want to cry out help me please help me, my voice will not respond. I want to hang on to a branch to steady my shaking legs but my hand will not reach up. My throat dry the words stuck.
Suddenly I hear a voice calling my name in the distance. Again I hear the voice this time stronger still. It gives me courage. I will go to it, what is it saying? It is my savior, it is my helping hand. I find my strength, my feet start to move, my feet feel the ground beneath them now. The voice is clear now. The fear is gone. I am not lost.
It is my mom’s voice, she is calling me in from the garden, it’s time for lunch.
I found this in an old note book from my elementary school days. I think it was from fourth or fifth grade. I changed a couple of the words but the rest is original. :o)
I’m not sure what age that corresponds to, but it’s pretty dramatic for a child’s writing!
How did I do?
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/microfiction-challenge-18-lost/
Nice!
Sorry, Jane. Someone does drown — the figure positioning kept bringing me back to a watery tragedy.
https://myfrillyfreudianslip.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/all-things-wash-ashore/
Amazing image.
The figures are like dancers. It is a tremendous and heart breaking painting.
It certainly is.
Hi, Jane!
Well, it’s pretty long and with no real ending, but here it is:
https://rivrvlogr.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/calm-before-the-storm/
Lovely painting! Who is the artist?
Olav Johan Andreassen. If you click on the image you get all the information.
Perfect! Thank you 🙂
Hi Jane here are my thoughts this week:
https://summerstommy.com/2016/10/15/microfiction-challenge-18-lost/
https://fmmewritespoems.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/leverett-island-interviews-transcript-17
Here you go. A fragment of island mythology…
Very compelling painting.
https://writersdream9.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/come-ashore/
I went with the season. 🙂 A bit over the word count again.
https://merrildsmith.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/the-lake-microfiction/
Here is my take. Again drawn in to the inner life of the artist…http://engleson.ca/?page_id=7976