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#FridayFlash – Lost Child

December 28, 2012 by Icy Sedgwick 14 Comments

They do say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and if Hemingway could get away with writing a story that’s just six words long, then why not tell a flash using a picture and a single line of dialogue?

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Filed Under: Creative Writing, Flash Fiction Tagged With: cartoons, mummies

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  1. elizabethditty.com says

    December 28, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    I actually thought of just posting the photo to my story this week with no other explanation! 🙂 I chickened out, though. This is cute!

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  2. John Wiswell says

    December 28, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Cute indeed! And I happened to have summoned mummies for part of my flash this week…

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  3. jackkholt says

    December 28, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    Very cute! The teddy bear dangling from the child like that reminds me of Lost!

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  4. Larry Kollar says

    December 28, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    Works for me!

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  5. Kevin Mackey says

    December 28, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    1,000 words in 4. Nicely done, Icy. 😀

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  6. Icy Sedgwick says

    December 28, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    Elizabeth – I just thought I’d try something new!
    John – Mummies are awesome.
    Jack – I do cute on occasion…
    Larry – Thanks!
    Kevin – *bows*

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  7. Tony Noland says

    December 29, 2012 at 12:02 am

    Q: What did the high priest of Amon-Hotep say when he finished mummifying Ramses II?

    A: Well, that about wraps it up!

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  8. JC Rosen says

    December 29, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Love the dangling teddy bear. Nice work, Icy.

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  9. ganymeder says

    December 29, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    Cute!

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  10. Tim VanSant Writes says

    December 29, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    Cute!

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  11. Katherine Hajer says

    December 29, 2012 at 7:54 pm

    Love it! Love especially that it’s phrased as if the little girl isn’t sure.

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  12. Cindy Vaskova says

    December 29, 2012 at 11:25 pm

    This is pretty cool! Definitely works for me!

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  13. Icy Sedgwick says

    December 30, 2012 at 8:06 pm

    Glad everyone liked it!

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  14. Lee-Ann says

    January 1, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Adorable 🙂

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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