New Year, New Me, and all that nonsense! I’m back with another Friday Fictioneers entry. The challenge is to write a 100-word story in response to a weekly photo prompt chosen by our host Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Follow the link to her blog for more information. Thank you to all who take the time to read, like, or comment.
Apologies for my tardiness in responding to comments in 2018. They were all appreciated, some more than you know. I aim to improve on my reciprocity this year.
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
The Bitterness of Winter
It was the cast iron radiator that did it. Or was it the bitterness of winter? Caught between those two opposing extremes, the single pane of glass stood little chance.
I noted that the resulting cracks formed the outline of a woman.
“Well it doesn’t look like me,” Mum said. “It must be some other woman.”
She looked at Dad. He looked away.
“Fetch some tape,” he said. “We’ll patch it up for now.”
The seasons changed but the cold remained. I don’t know why they stayed together. A thing doesn’t have to shatter for it to be completely broken.
Thomas Charles Henry 
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