‘Tell me something.’ Olivia’s eyebrows furrowed together as she stared at the computer screen. ‘How, am I meant to work on this?’
She flicked the centre of the computer screen, sat back in her chair and scowled at the library.
Ferris didn’t look up from his book but she saw his fingers curl inwards.
‘Just hurry up,’ he hissed.
‘I can’t. This piece of junk won’t move any faster.’ Olivia flicked the screen again and the machine emitted two high pitched bleeps before the screen flashed blue.
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.
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15 Comments
Looks like Olivia is an attention seeker . Nice one.
Writing and Works 
Looks like Olivia is an attention seeker . Nice one.
Thank you. 🙂
One way to get his attention! haha!
It certainly is.
Dear Carol,
I’ll bet Ferris looked up from his book that time. 😉 Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle. It was good to get back into Friday Fictioneers.
Why am I thinking of Star Trek, suddenly… “I can’t give you more, Captain!”… yet Scotty always managed to ! 😉
Haha, indeed.
The blue screen of death, but at least she’s got his attention now.
Blue Screens of Death always get people’s attention, only not always the good kind. 🙂
Defiantly not.
Nothing’s better to get the attention than a blue screen…
Indeed.
I’m laughing with her.
I’m glad to hear. 🙂