Another week and another chance for some 5 Sentence Fiction. This week is Inspire and I have been truly inspired by reading all the flash fictions for the Masquerade and by reading Dodger by Terry Pratchett (my first time of reading his work and sure not to be the last). So here is my take on Inspire. If you want to read more flash fiction on Inspire then visit lillie mcferrin . You won't be disappointed. xxx
Victorian Night Walk
The choking, thick smog still hung stagnant as the setting
of the sun gave way to night; bringing with it the night people with their
shouting, drinking, light fingers and
fights, all looking for a way out of their own personal hell.But all this drowning of sorrows in cheep gin and beer among
the grimy alleyways of the capital was just what Charles needed; their
desperation for want of a better life or even a meal the next morning fuelled Charles’
desire to explore this seedy part of existence.
His coach halted by the Thames and he stepped out in just
shined boots and new cloak with a cane in his gloved hand and he began to
stroll in the damp night, wanting to get closer, watching this life unfold
around him; their destitution and despair, their only escape the tankard of beer.
It was no place for children, urchins as they were known, but they scurried
about, lapping up the dregs of the tankards with eagerness before a belt around
the ear made them duck for cover; it was
all there for Charles to see, the sheer pitiful sight that had to be told.
Inspired by the night’s walk, Charles looked at his notes
and a story formed as he began to write with great expectations ‘Oliver’; soon
everyone would know exactly what Victorian London was truly like. . .
