Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers-
Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers is a new weekly fiction writing challenge. The goal is to write a story between 100-150 words (give or take 25 words) based on the provided photo.
Image © Dawn M Miller
AN EVEN MATCH
by John Yeo
“Winner takes all”, said Wide Willy, leader of the local gang. Daring Dick leader of a rival gang smiled with disbelief.
“You will concede everything if we win, including Diana the darling of the town”
Willy nodded, “If Diana agrees I will concede all my love for her as well as our business assets, but if you lose we take control of your patch entirely.”
The tennis court behind the flats was rarely used, until Doreen and Len decided 6 year old James would be brought up, living and breathing tennis. Now 18, James’s talent was about to be revealed to the world. They were approached by Dick, who had been informed of James’s unbeatable prowess. Willy was confident as his player was county champion.
The match was fiercely contested, after 4 sets the players were even at 6 games all. Suddenly a helicopter landed and surrounded by police, all members of the two gangs were arrested on drugs charges.
18 year old tennis prodigy James ran away with Diana. All bets were off!
(174 words)
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Lol! An interesting and entertaining take of the challenge. How did James and Diana get away, but not Willy or Dick??
The police were only interested in the dopey-dealers and their mobs.~ Jim and Di fell in love and got away fast ~
That gave me a good chuckle! Great story! Thank you for participating and I hope you will continue. 🙂
Happy ending! Hooray 🙂
Glad you enjoyed this light-hearted match Joy 🙂 I am looking forward to next weeks prompt
🙂 Glad you were left with a smile Sonya 🙂
I had to laugh, great ending
Thanks Cat ~ A smile makes the effort well worth while ~ 🙂
Great ending 😀
Thanks penshift ~ Happiness found a way out ~ 🙂
Awesome ending…sounds like the apartment complex where my story is from:)
Glad you enjoyed this Traces ~ Yes those blocks of flats at the back do look interesting 🙂
This was a fun story. Made me think of West Side Story. lol. It’s down to a battle of the rackets.
Thanks ~ I’m so glad you enjoyed this ~ a lovely comment!
I really enjoyed this story, John. You built it up well, then dropped that great ending. Good for James! I hope he enjoys life with the local ‘darling’, Diana. Well written, John. 🙂
Thanks for your great response Millie ~ I enjoyed completing this fun challenge and I think I found the perfect finish~ Game ~ Set ~ and Match ~ 🙂
LOL…all bets were off…that’s Epic!