PHOTO PROMPT © CEAyr
Listening to the record wasn’t as charged as being there, but as a fuse it sparked her memories to explode like fireworks. She could see him vividly now, strutting the stage, enslaving the audience, owning the world. She never loved him so much as in that instance. She dragged her knees up to her chin and crushed a cushion to her breast, sobbing.
“He was so high that night. Why did he need to chase more? He already had it all, why wasn’t that enough?”
She sighed. It was it seemed he’d always known. Ever since, he named the band, Icarus.
Written for Friday Fictioneers – a 100 words story based on a photo prompt. Hosted by Rochelle. Read the other entries here.
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Michael Wynn 
The Icarus touch is nice, bringing the story to a point of roundedness
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Thanks, Neil, it was a late addition when I realised the story was basically that of Icarus
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Dear Michael,
Dare I say you brought this tale to a soaring finish? Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, all comments, even cheesy puns, welcomed here.
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Marvelous. You caught our grief over the way so many of our heroes crashed and burned from the top of the world.
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Thank you, there’s been so many, I did wonder myself which one I was referencing.
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That’s rock n roll for you. Nice one Michael.
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It has tended to be, thanks Iain
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Live fast, die young, well captured, Michael
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Thank you, Brian
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Great band name, rounds off your story very nicely.
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Thank you, glad you liked it
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Icarus, what a great word to finish with.
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Thanks, Mike
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I was just writing the other day about the 3rd anniversary of the death of Chris Cornell. It feels just like what you describe here. Good job.
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Thank you very much. Yes, some of them just seem to be fated for an early death
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You are very welcome.
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it’s a human frailty not to be satisfied. the grass is always greener somewhere.
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Yes, it seems perculiar to humans. Give a horse a field, food, water and shelter and he’s happy for life.
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Human frailty; when is enough really enough. It appears no one knows.
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Some have an insatiable appetite and continue to oblivion. Thanks for the comment
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Powerful story, Michael. You’ve conveyed so much in so few words.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thanks, Susan
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You said so much in so few words. High to low in an instant. Perfect.
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Thanks, Alicia, I hoped for that but struggled initially. Glad it worked in the end.
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Pathos and tragedy, a tortured soul. Good writing.
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Thanks Linda.
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Great name for the band! It’s not unlike the story of family members of a rock band that went way out into fame and it crushed them. Good work, Mike! You did a great story here.
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I think there’s a lot of examples of band members just burning out. Thanks for the comment.
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I echo everyone, Michael. You captured so much in your 100 words. So many lost in such a manner…
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Thanks, Dale. I noticed I sold a copy of my first book in Canada the other day, would that be one of your friends?
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It could be!
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Nicely constructed.
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Thanks, Sandra
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That’s a nice example of telling the story indirectly, with a narrator who is not the main character. I found myself quite interested in her. Was she his mother? sister? lover? groupie?
Good name for the band, too.
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Oh this is clever. Well written and very tragic
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Fantastic first line, really draws the reader in. Great story.
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A satisfying story that sweeps us up into a sad ending. I like the last sentence as a conclusion : Icarus. Well done.
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I agree with everyone else. Well told, well rounded, and a perfect ending.
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