An hour ago, her biggest decision had been which lipstick to wear—the red or the copper. Which would look best on camera with her navy pinstriped pantsuit?
She set her face in a sympathetic yet confident mask for the broadcast. The radar showed a Category 3 hurricane headed for Florida. Her copper-colored lips issued warnings, preparations, evacuations.
Wind intensified and changed direction, heading northwest toward Louisiana. The storm surge would kill hundreds and there was no time to evacuate.
Now her decision was who to text first. She might have time to send two if she was lucky.
November 26 Prompt: Dissonant (Write a story using two ideas, people, or objects that don’t go together.)
Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch
I used an online Random Word Generator
This gave me: “Lipstick” and “Radar”
Lemon Shark Reef 
Brilliant, Sarah, you’ve linked these unlikely objects (or do I mean obstacles) so well.
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Thank you, Anne. I would say ‘obstacles’ is a great way l to describe these. I almost cheated and used the word generator again to get different words–this seemed impossible.
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Very, very creative!!!
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Thanks!
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Wow! You think deeper than I do! 🙂 That’s a powerful flash. I would not have thought to use lipstick as part of characterization so fab that the word generator gave it to you!
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Thanks, Charli. I was all over the place with stories for this one trying to link these two words together. I never even once thought of a speeding ticket! Nice one. 😉
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How do you come up with such bitches? Excellent as always Ms B.
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Hahahaha! 😀 I am one? I think the safe answer here is that I find them compelling in fiction (which I do). I’ve also known too many in real life.
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Great flash Sarah. The random generator worked well giving you words to turn into a powerful flash. I’m going to go to bed with nightmares of the wind and who were the two lucky ones.
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Thank you.
It did give me a chance to stretch my writing muscles. At first, I thought this one was just not going to happen. I wonder… Who were the lucky ones? Who would I call or text?
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Loved it…what a contrast and yet they fitted so well 🙂
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Thanks! They were definitely a contrast! 😉
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A great contrast in the importance of pressing issues. The situation always determines the intensity. Well done! 🙂
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Yes. That it true. One never knows… Thank you!
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