I would like to present a weekly word challenge. Thanks to Elusive Trope for encouraging me to get off my lazy ass and actually try to get more readers involved in this weekly game.
The premise is simple. I provide one phrase every Thursday, an incomplete string of words, and it is up to you to complete it in your own, inimitable way. However you like, taking it in any direction you want.
If you like the concept and think other people might be interested in participating, please play along and post the complete challenge on your blog and leave a link in the comments section below. If you’d just like to take part yourself, please post the reply directly in the comments section. I will be posting all the replies together with links to the contributors in 10 days, i.e. the Saturday after next.
I love the mental exercise, I hope you do too!
This week’s phrase –
“A silver sliver……”
My attempt –
“…… of hope was a trick of her dark eyes.”
Your turn!
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About hbhatnagar
I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit).
I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog.
I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly.
I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.
hbhatnagar 
…of a giant non sequitar!
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Posted by tedgiffin | 01/07/2016, 1:32 AMand QED too! Thanks for participating Ted! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/07/2016, 6:14 AMa silver sliver was all that glittered in the dark, yet the blanket of night that shrouded them was like molten lava a dark ebony that made his touch all the more compelling, like the silver sliver of light, she felt her response respond with lighting speed, their bodies met, the fire was ignited………………….
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Posted by Dymoon | 27/06/2016, 6:24 AMThank you for contributing Dymoon! That’s a vivid image indeed. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 27/06/2016, 9:38 AMUntil recently I’d never heard of flash fiction. This must be it then? Thank you for creating this challenge. I just had a go at it –
https://anglogermantranslations.wordpress.com/2016/06/26/two-phrase-story-47/
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Posted by anglogermantranslations | 27/06/2016, 12:58 AMHello and thanks for commenting and joining in! This is the shortest version of flash fiction you can probably find, it’s a very diverse group of challenges.
I hope you enjoy this one and many more. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 27/06/2016, 9:36 AMthis week’s offered first phrase:
A silver sliver…..
my second phrase attempt:
….beneath the epidermis, the last vestige of their junkyard salad days.
https://elusivetrope.com/2016/06/26/scrap/
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Posted by Elusive Trope | 26/06/2016, 11:25 PMThere’s a story there… Thanks for participating Doug.
🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 27/06/2016, 8:38 AMA silver sliver…a starlit river, sends a shiver down my spine.
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Posted by Jane Dougherty | 25/06/2016, 10:11 PMThat would make for the start a beautiful song….Thanks Jane! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 26/06/2016, 6:15 AMAnd I think you could write it 🙂
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Posted by Jane Dougherty | 26/06/2016, 1:19 PMThat’s a tempting offer….. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 26/06/2016, 1:25 PMI challenge you!
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Posted by Jane Dougherty | 26/06/2016, 1:44 PM😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 26/06/2016, 6:11 PMA silver sliver of hope… I love it, Dr. Hb. 🙂 Not an easy one…
Here is mine: A silver sliver… reflected on the wall in the dark of the night, sweet dream.
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Posted by Amy | 23/06/2016, 11:23 PMBeautiful! Thank you Amy, for that lovely image! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 24/06/2016, 6:56 AMThank you, Dr. Hb! I’m encouraged. 🙂
Btw, I’m working on a photo for your poem. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 24/06/2016, 7:00 AMI’m waiting for that post. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 24/06/2016, 8:22 AM“… of metal glistened in the moonlight before sliding into his bared chest.”
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 23/06/2016, 4:32 PMA stiletto perhaps? 😀
Thanks for participating Victo! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 23/06/2016, 6:57 PMspilled out on the waves…for, its a full moon day…
lit up the dark spaces…for, its a full moon day…
spread in the cheers..for, its a full moon day…
the lovely august moon,
made it all silver silver…
as we lay on our beds bidding bye to a tiring day….
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Posted by Sri Sudha K | 23/06/2016, 11:09 AMYou made another poem! Thanks for the beautiful images Sri Sudha! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 23/06/2016, 1:09 PMYou can see all of it https://srisudhak.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/silver-silver/…
You reminded me of my favourite past time.. .our stay at rishikonda beach,vizag
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Posted by Sri Sudha K | 23/06/2016, 1:19 PM🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 23/06/2016, 2:55 PMof the moon lit up the outside area and allowed her to see the monster in her yard.
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Posted by Tessa | 23/06/2016, 10:23 AMQuite a juxtaposition of images there! Thanks for joining in, Tessa! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 23/06/2016, 10:29 AMOf the moon reminds me of the smile on grandma’s face as she sang lullabies , of nights when I didn’t fear the dark 🙂
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Posted by thatmishmash | 23/06/2016, 9:23 AMThat’s a lovely memory and I know why you were thinking of it just now. Thanks for participating Pri! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 23/06/2016, 10:05 AMEver since I wrote that , I have been singing those lullabies ….chanda hai tu …..It used to be my favourite 🙂 I think I’ll post . Thank you for this challenge 🙂
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Posted by thatmishmash | 23/06/2016, 10:09 AM🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 23/06/2016, 10:10 AMThanks for the link up Doug. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 27/06/2016, 8:37 AMThank you for the link up. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 27/06/2016, 8:39 AM