Time again for a new episode of Friday Fictioneers featuring our indomitable heroine, Alice Pendragon, her best friend, Billy, and her parents Kevin and Marsha. This story takes us back to Alice’s early teen years, before her father disappeared.
Thank you Rochelle at Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple for this week’s prompt for hosting this fabulous weekly flash fiction challenge. Thank you © Dale Rogerson for this week’s snowy photo prompt.
Overlook Hotel
Marsha turned from the jammed door. ‘We’re snowed in.’
Billy’s lips curled and Alice grabbed his hand. ‘Let’s turn the lights out, sit around the fireplace and tell ghost stories.’
Kevin shook his head and Marsha aimed the remote control. ‘What about a movie while I prepare dinner?’
Alice tugged her arm. ‘Stay mum. Tell us one of granny’s stories.’
‘I’m starving, darling.’ said Kevin.
‘Let’s have campfire baked potatoes and pretend we’re trapped in…’
‘Let me guess,’ sighed Kevin. ‘Castle Dracula?’
‘I was thinking of Overlook Hotel, actually, daddy.’
Marsha gasped. Kevin stared back blankly and Alice hoped he wouldn’t Google it, or she’d be grounded again.
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Creative and cheeky Alice, always a step ahead of Kevin!
The picture prompt reminded me of Steven King’s, The Shining, a fabulous book and movie, which fortunately for Alice, Kevin hasn’t read or seen!
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All my ‘Alice’ flash fiction stories, written for the Friday Fictioneers Challenge, can be read as standalones, but if you’d like to read previous stories of Alice’s adventures, here they are!
Rereading Jane Eyre 
Loved it!
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Thank you:)
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You are welcome. Hoping you have a lovely weekend ahead of you 🙂
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Thank you. You too😍
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I like the way you handle the family dynamics in the dialogue.
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Thank you 🙂
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Fun story! Hopefully no red rum. 😉
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Aren’t kids, especially teens, always one step ahead of parents? Unless parents know to adapt and learn to be one step of their one step. Looks like Marsh was!
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I agree. It’s so hard to keep up with them:) Marsha is a teacher, so she’s used to their language/games😂
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I felt I was listening in! Brilliant.
Click to read my 100 Word Story!
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Thank you, Keith 🙂 It was a challenge to write a scene with 4 people 3 of them speaking, in about 100 words.
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Fun story, although slightly long.
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Thank you:) You’re right, I went a few words over the 100 I always aim for. I’ll try again to see if I can cut a few more out…
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Great dialogue that really caught the family dynamics.
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Thank you:)
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Dear Luccia,
They sound like an interesting family. Love the dialogue.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you❤
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Love that last line. I could just see Alice cringing and crossing her fingers in the hope Kevin didn’t look up the hotel.
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Thank you, Sarah. Alice does tend to get into trouble with her dad because they’re on such different wavelengths!
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More fun stuff from this family!
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Thank you! Fun today drama other days!
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Perfect story for such a bleak snowy time.
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Thank you. Yes, snow is inspiring yet bleak.
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