It was supposed to be an all immersive experience.
Taze grimaced and prodded the cardboard cutout of his mother. It toppled backwards.
‘This isn’t what you advertised.’
‘No,’ admitted the salesman. ‘I’ll admit, the budget left us with a bit to be desired but we made do.’
‘Made do?’ Taze walked around the kitchen and knocked against the polystyrene cupboard. ‘This is utter rubbish.’
The cutout of his mother stared up at the ceiling, her laminated smile reflecting the sodium strip lights above.
‘You promised me my family back.’
The salesman shrugged. ‘You get what you pay for I’m afraid.’
I’ve not written a 100 word story in a while so here’s one for today’s daily prompt: Immerse
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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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