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Flash in the Pan Playing Along Still


The pages were bent and ragged from years of use, covers worn out from hands rubbing over them. There were bowls everywhere, the oven was still hot. She tasted it again, something wasn’t right. It was sweet, tangy but not right. What was missing? She scanned the room again to see. Onions maybe? No, but what could it be? She hit her head on the cabinet. A pepper that was it!
The word is pepper and the limit for this particular round is 75 words. This post is 71 words, click on the link to go to the official rules for the Flash Fiction challenge.
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Red said…
I love this. I despise pepper. I have 218 things I use in place of it...unless it is cayenne. Mmm. Cayenne.
Red.
xxx
PS I completely forget about the stinking captcha. It is where my original comment went. Ugh.
October 4, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Laurie said…
Thanks, and I'm going to see if I can't have sense enough to do away with the captcha, they annoy me. I have no idea why it's here. I'll check my settings.
October 5, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Novroz said…
I like it. I know how it feels with cooking...often forgot something to put it ;)
October 8, 2012 at 7:53 AM
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