Tantalyzing Tuesday Teaser's Christmas Blog Hop is in full swing. Don't miss the prizes galore and gifts offered by the participating authors. All you have to do is read the short 200 word flash fiction story written by the author and comment on the blog in the area below the post. The stories are based on a photograph of the writer's selection which inspires a teaser.
I lived in San Francisco, years ago, and when I saw a picture of the old Cliff House, it brought back memories of Point Lobos and the ruins of the Sutro Bath House. The old Cliff House burned down in 1906 and was replaced by a beautiful structure that is revered and honors the past.
I hope you enjoy my jaunt into the past and if so, please leave me a comment below. Then please jump to the other author pages via the link above or I have the writers listed one by one like sea shells on the beach. TaTa for now....Enjoy!!
I lived in San Francisco, years ago, and when I saw a picture of the old Cliff House, it brought back memories of Point Lobos and the ruins of the Sutro Bath House. The old Cliff House burned down in 1906 and was replaced by a beautiful structure that is revered and honors the past.
I hope you enjoy my jaunt into the past and if so, please leave me a comment below. Then please jump to the other author pages via the link above or I have the writers listed one by one like sea shells on the beach. TaTa for now....Enjoy!!
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| The Unforgiving Sea |
It was low season below the old Cliff House; the wind and
surf were bitingly cruel off Point Lobos.
The wind and surf swept his stinging pain and replaced it
with a numb darkness devoid of sensation.
His thoughts escaped their quiet shelter and he wanted to drop to his
knees in the deadening surf and scream to the world…….
“Why, Deidre, why suicide…..?”
Even as the silent, fugitive thought rose, he knew it was
his name he should be screaming into the bitter, grey current of pitiless
air. He had done that which he detested
most in others; he had lied. At his own
hands, he had stabbed Deidre in the heart with shards of truth and spikes of
lies trying to assuage his guilt. He witnessed Deidre’s total collapse under
the truth of his betrayal as she fell into Chuck’s arms.
It was over, over in the roaring surf which stifled his sorrowful
screams. Under the weight of his tears of infidelity, Chuck walked into the ancient
breakers below the witness Cliff House.
Chuck’s guilt and shame were crushing; he was a coward in
the face of Deidre’s strength. He
deserved no less than the cold, heartless sentence the unforgiving sea
delivered him.
Christmas Blog Hop Participating Author's
| 1. | Naomi Shaw | 5. | J S Morbius | 9. | Jake Malden | |
| 2. | Doris O'Connor | 6. | Raven McAllan | 10. | Gemma Parkes | |
| 3. | Muffy Wilson | 7. | Dariel Raye | 11. | Alexandra Anthony | |
| 4. | Pablo Michaels | 8. | Molly Synthia | 12. | Leann Mitchell |
