Wednesday 30 June 2010

Word Pool Wednesday (3)

It's Wednesday's challenge at Diving in the Word Pool again. 3 words to work into a 33 word mini-story. This week's words were dragon, fly, and knight. Here goes...

Father called the queen a dragon. In his hand she'd fly round the board, crushing knights and bishops. He always won. Until mother died. And then I found no triumph in my victory.

10 comments:

Old Kitty said...

An amazing use of these words! You've created a very touching and poignant portrayal of a family torn - I'm really impressed - this is lovely!

take care
x

Gemma Wiseman said...

OOOOOOOO Those last few words hit hard! Very clever sense of setting and crunch line!

bazza said...

Very subtle Joanne. You deserve a large cheque, mate!

joanne fox said...

Aah, thank you.

Bazza, just make it out to Joanne Fox. Cheers!

Teresa Ashby said...

I love this, Joanne. Powerful stuff!

Talli Roland said...

Love this! Wonderfully enigmatic!

Joanna said...

Genius! Really beautifully constructed. Well done.

Ellie Garratt said...

What clever use of the words, Joanne. It really made me stop, think, and re-read.

Thank you for taking part in Word Pool Wednesday x

Suz said...

nice twist
so much in few words

oliveobrien said...

Like Ellie I read this again. It really conveys a strong message, in such few words. Well done! www.writeolive.com