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Burning, Burning, Burning
#100StoryChallenge — No87
They called her the girl of embers, and she was a legend mothers liked to share around a fire as their children stared with wide eyes.
“Yes,” Olga told her daughters, “she burned like no other. Her dress was charred, and no prince would come near. But she didn’t care. She continued to dance even as her fingertips turned to ashes.”
The moral of the story: sometimes it was far better to stay true to yourself than let your fire sputter out for a man’s regard.
Or perhaps it could have been a tale of self-sabotage. Who could say?
This is a part of my endeavor to go back to writing tighter fiction with more stringent word counts. It’s just one attempt at the 100 Story Challenge because I thought it would be a good exercise to do to keep my imagination sharp. We’ll see how it goes.
For longer fiction, you may enjoy my stories linked below:
