Friday Fictioneers – Slough of Despond

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox

I’m pretty sure it’s not a black hole. In the first place, it’s square and I can imagine no way gravitational forces might assume such a shape. In the second place, what would a black hole be doing in my greenhouse?

But something is soaking up all the light, which probably isn’t great for my grapes. I’ll ask Betty. She knows everything.

“Oh that,” she says. “That’s my slough of despond.”

A pretty price she negotiates for its disappearance. Still, how bad can a fortnight in the Caribbean be?

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Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here

34 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – Slough of Despond”

  4. Now I have all kinds of questions, like who do you call to get rid of that and will it turn the grapes into grapes of wrath or maybe just ferment them into whine. 🙂 Such a charming story, I love it.

    -David

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