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Fiction, flash fiction, short stories, short story, story, writing
The clock on the wall ticked loudly. It was a steady sound that had weight behind it. With each tick, with every tock, you could hear the hands moving. With every tick, with each tock, you could feel time pass.
The clock had belonged to her mother, and before that to her mother, who had claimed it was an antique, over a hundred years old, when she got it. Gran, however, had always been prone to exaggeration and flights of fancy, and it was just as likely that she had bought it brand new. Her mother had refused to take it along when the Antiques Roadshow was in town. If Gran said it was an antique, that was all that mattered, she’d said.
What mattered was that it was now a family thing. An heirloom. This clock had been on her mother’s wall, and before that it had been on her grandmother’s wall, and now it was on her wall. This clock would mark out the seconds of her days, months and years, as it had done for two generations before her. That heavy, steady tick-tock would mark out her adult life as it had counted out her childhood.
She sat down on the floor and smiled. Most of her belongings were still in boxes, and the sofa wouldn’t be delivered for another two days, but with this clock on the wall, it was already home.
Carol Ann Hoel said:
Cool story. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
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laughingman03 said:
I know this is probably pushing the limits but do you think I could do a spinoff of this? You wrote it on my birthday and if I do all rights would belong to you of course///
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Kari Fay said:
I wouldn’t have thought it was the most obvious story to get a spinoff, but sure, I’d be interested to see what you come up with. (This is a waiver on “No derivatives” section of the Creative Commons license for you, for this story only – thank you for asking permission!)
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laughingman03 said:
I finished the spinoff of your story… Go to my blog and tell me what you think… It’s called “The Tainted Clock”…I hope you like it and if you would be up for it, I’d like to collaborate with you more… Hope my writing meets up to your expectations… \m/ -_- \m/ -Grimm
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Kari Fay said:
Well… honestly, if you hadn’t told me it was a spin off I would never have known. Aside from both stories having a clock in them- I don’t see the connection at all.
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