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New flash fiction over at http://phlambler.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-prediction-back-into-swing-of-things.html
Rules – 100 words max flash fiction or poetry using the following words – battle, wool, penance. Deadline is 9pm UK time on Thursday 20 September 2012.
ALONE IN A ROOM
By Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw
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She sits alone in a room.
On the table… a single candle flickers.
Needle pierces naked flesh… drawing the crimson thread through her shriveled skin… each wrinkle testimony to her battle with age… the rough wool sews the tale of her adultery across her bare torso.
Sharpened steel flashes in the candlelight… tiny rivulets of blood crust on her pale flesh.
~*~
She stands in the square… unclothed body defenseless… her sin revealed.
The crowd gathers.
The first stone misses its mark.
She smiles.
A second stone… sharp… draws blood on once proud breast… then another.
Her smile falters.
Penance.
Pain.
~ finis ~
© 2012 – Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw. All Rights Reserved.
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Bio: Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw
Born in Lisboa, Portugal to parents of Portuguese/Russian descent, Veronica Marie and her partner of six and a half years, Christina Anne, celebrated their second wedding anniversary in October 2012. The couple are “still very much on honeymoon!”
Part time teacher/barista/student, Veronica’s long fascination with noir fiction prompted her to try her own hand at writing fiction – “the last two years have been a roller coaster!”, where she honed her ‘writing chops’ on an unsuspecting public over at Flash Fiction Friday and Phil Ambler's (formerly Lily Childs’) Friday Prediction.
Veronica has been published in Pulp Metal Magazine, The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology, the horror anthology 100 Horrors, from Cruentus Libri Press, and the inaugural issue of Literary Orphans magazine. She also appears in Katherine Tomlinson's anthology, NIGHTFALLS: Notes from the end of the world, Paul D. Brazill’s DRUNK ON THE MOON 2: A Roman Dalton Anthology and Near To The Knuckle's debut anthology - Gloves Off.
Veronica counts among her mentors - Carole A Parker, Lily Childs, Paul D Brazill, Richard Godwin and Joyce Juzwik. She is currently ‘polishing’ her first novel – a memoir – and working on the second draft of a second novel, as well as publishing a collection of her flash fiction and short stories.
Veronica’s writings can also be found at http://veronicathepajamathief.blogspot.com and http://veronicathepajamathiefwritespoetry.blogspot.com.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology (Kindle)
