Photo Credit – Dale Rogerson
This is a 100 word story for Friday Fictioneers. Please follow the link to find the rules and to look at other 100 word stories.
Candy pink sky fades to indigo. You knock on my door at exactly six.
I can’t help but see us, shadow backlit by fairground lights, reflected in the abundant chrome, in the eyes of the vendor who implores you to take one more chance to win me a prize.
No luck for you, and no stuffed creature for me. Consolation comes from following the scent of onions and doughnuts to purveyors of deep-fried delights.
You offer to share.
Lips coated in oily cinnamon-sugar, we kiss for the first time.
At home, I blame red cheeks on chill October air.
To Be A Magician 
A delightful romance.
Or am I being too innocent?
Hi, the fun with these stories is you can interpret them whichever way, but I personally imagine teenagers here. 🙂
i love the way you used color in your story like a painter would on canvas. well done.
Thanks, I was inspired on the drive home from work watching a beautiful moon.
I think I got diabetes just reading that. This is a very sweet and colorful story full of hope and budding romance, which is the exact opposite of mine.
Hi, I have written a few depressing ones lately, so I thought I should try and balance it out!
Sounds like the start of a young romance. Nice one.
Thank you. 🙂
No stuffed animals but a budding romance. Very sweet!
I know what I’d prefer! 🙂
Delightful – sensuous, full of the magic of the fair and romance. Love the ‘purveyors of deep fried delights’.
Thanks, I really struggled with that line!
Exceptionally well written. Loved it!
Thank you Violet! 🙂
Dear Miss KZebra,
Delightfully described. I could smell the grease scented air.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle, I think the picture really lends itself to a descriptive story!
You have a way with words!! Lovely and vivid descriptions.
Great storytelling
-Rachel
Thank you Rachel, it’s sometimes nice to do a piece focussing to the senses!
Bags of atmosphere in this – I felt I could see it, smell it, hear it… Well done.
Thank you Sandra, after writing this piece, I really still want a doughnut. 😂
This sounds so delightful… maybe the first sweet romance.
Thanks Bjorn. 🙂
Oh what a night, as Lionel Richie may have sung, as the waltzers spun and the big wheel orbited the skies.
Lovely stuff
The waltzers are always my favourite but I couldn’t fit them into this story! Thank you. 🙂
They make me sick too!
Lovely! Romantic and atmospheric. Well done.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
Thank you Susan. 🙂
First date, sweet, he tried so hard. Young teenagers. Her blush was sweet. Miss the innocence.
Thank you! He did try his best!
Affair going on the sly. Nice!
Haha, a perfectly reasonable interpretation!
I was impressed with your first word “Candy”. The perfect choice for a sweet story. The precision of that choice made me look twice at “following the scent of onions and doughnuts.” You certainly get that combination at a fairground, but whether it’s pleasant is debatable. I wondered whether your objective was to just add a little doubt about the otherwise delicious emotional experience of the youngsters?
Very good write in all events. Kudos!
I agree about the onions and doughnuts! I really struggled with that line, and I think if I was to redo the story I would change it to cover something else.
Oh, what a delicious kiss, never to be forgotten. This took me back to the amusement park I went to with my first real boyfriend.
Not that we kissed there 🙂
I think it’s probably got to be one of those great first date places!
Yes. It was Jantzen Beach, in Portland, Oregon. Always full of teens as well as little kids and parents.
Sights and scents fill the air with romance! Love it.
Thank you Dale!
Beautifully painted young romance. You really speak to all the senses.
Thank you, sometimes I forget to includes sensory description in my usual writing, but reading other 100 word stories are a great reminder of how you can include it.
Very sweet romantic tale! I liked your use of so many senses
So sweet. So sensual. Beautiful.
Very romantic and sweet in a wholesome way, love it!