Poetry & Prose by Carol J Forrester
“I was his, well you know, his companion I guess.”
“His companion?”
“Yeah, I kept him out of trouble, gave him someone to talk to, an extra set of hands for shifting luggage about when he was travelling.”
“I still don’t get it.”
“Neither did I, but his sister tried to explain it once, something about needing a person to show you love without being in love with you.”
Carol J Forrester is a writer and a history geek. Her debut collection 'It's All In The Blood' came out November 2019. She has a 2:1 BA degree in history from Bath Spa University, enjoys judo at least twice a week, and tries to attend poetry events around the Midlands when she can. Her flash fiction story ‘Glorious Silence’ was named as River Ram Press’ short story of the month for August 2014 and her short story ‘A Visit From The Fortune Teller’ has been showcased on the literary site Ink Pantry. Her poems ‘Sunsets’ and ‘Clear Out‘ were featured on Eyes Plus Words, and two of her poems were included in the DVerse Poets Pub Publication ‘Chiaroscuro’ which is available for purchase on amazon.Her poem ‘Until The Light Gets In‘ was accepted and published at The Drabble and her poem ‘Newborn’ was published by Ink Sweat & Tears. She has been lucky enough to write guest posts for sites such as Inky Tavern and Song of The Forlorn and has hosted a number of guest bloggers on her site Writing and Works. View all posts by Carol J Forrester
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Hmm. It’s okay, but something about the last sentence is off.
And you can clearly see that it’s the middle of something.
But the middle one seems something like a more helpful sponsor.
Thanks for the comment, I’ll give that sentence another look.
By the way, I recently started a dialogue-only prose magazine.
If you write more dialogue, maybe you could send it over.
http://dialogual.wix.com/dialogual
Thank you, I’ll take a look and keep you in mind next time I’m tapping away at my keyboard.
May I ask though, would a piece written in the same style as https://caroljforrester.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/scholar/ be acceptable, despite only one half of the conversation being defined my speech marks?
Isn’t that First with self-thought?
It was supposed to be between two people but result in the first person becoming the other by the end.
Oh. Well, I see it from the start.
I did a few of these selfies and they’re fun.
And to answer your question, I want people chattering. Like you did here, but complete.
Very nice, and quite interesting – it has a natural feel to it. A very complex story could be written based on those five sentences.
Indeed, I may have to come back to it at a later date. Thanks for the comment.
Carol, I love this. You captured the true meaning of companionship beautifully.
Thank you very much, I’m glad you think so.
Oh, this is beautiful. I love when a story is told entirely in dialogue and you’ve done it perfectly.
Thank you very much. It isn’t a style that I use that often, I tend to think it only really works in shorter pieces. If pure dialogue is something you enjoy perhaps ‘Scholar’ would suit you also:
https://caroljforrester.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/scholar/
This is both thought provoking and somewhat heartbreaking. Well done,
Thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I hope you will visit back. So many 5SF don’t, sadly.