The ever awesome D. Wallace Peach of Myths of the Mirror has won the January 23rd Aether Prompt with a haunting little passage about going home…
I couldn’t remember most of the day or when the blizzard started. But I knew my plane home from the war was leaving soon, and I’d be mighty sorry to miss it. My keys weren’t in my pocket, but my papers were—name, address, serial number—tucked there by my children. “Just show them to the officer,” they said.
Still in slippers, my feet ached with cold. I needed my boots, but there wasn’t time now. The airfield lights glowed through the snow, my plane’s props whirling. The old boys greeted me beneath the white wings and flew me home.
Congratulations! Now you’re in the running for the 2019 AETHEREAL ENGINEER WRITER SUPPORT PRIZE PACKAGE! How might she, or possibly you, perchance win such fabled treasure as this? Take a look at my weekly Aether Prompts and find out!
~Jason H. Abbott
Aethereal Engineer 
Reblogged this on Myths of the Mirror and commented:
For all you speculative-fiction-prompt writers, Jason runs a micro-fiction (99-word or less) weekly prompt. He graciously gave me the win on this one. Stop by his site to read his stories and check out the weekly prompts. :-) Thanks, Jason!
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Oh, no giving the win away on this one, Diana! :-) Your words earned your victory 100%, it was a great little microfiction! Thank you for your ongoing participation, you’re welcome anytime. :-)
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Like I wrote on Diane’s blog, that there is some gorgeous writing.
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Thanks, Greg. :-) I was honored by the win.
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When I read something and see thousands of words left unsaid between the lines, I know the story has touched me. This is one. To write a compelling ending for which there is no beginning except in the reader’s imagination takes exceptional talent. Woohoo Diana – well done!!
… but I’m not surprised 🙂
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What a wonderful comment, Joanne. I’m blushing. That’s one of the things about micro-fiction that I love as a writer and as a reader – that larger story looming out there that’s left to our imaginations. Have a wonderful day, my friend. Stay warm!
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… and everyone has a potentially different version of what that larger story might be 🙂
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