Friday Fictioneers – I think like a man

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

It is not at all like in story books. Not knights riding out to slay dragons and rescue maidens, we are savage marauders, reeking and unkempt. Only our weapons are meticulously clean. The villagers share their paltry rations with us, not out of gratitude, but from fear.

I arrived here dreaming of noble deeds and just reward. But chivalry is a myth. The fair maidens scream and endure while we rut and laugh, glutting on lewd revenge. Someone will die at my hands. Whether it will be the enemy, my comrades or my commander, I’m still unsure.

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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

35 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – I think like a man”

  15. I think we have only to look around us to know for sure that what you say here is the truth- and the romanticized version we were taught about the honor of men is a lie. Brilliant writing, Neil.

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