Very Short Story: Lonely Girl
A Story That Stuck on Me
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Lonely Girl
A Very Short Story Inspired by Real Life
Every night it was the same clips in a different order.
He waited hours to hear the broadcast, pen in hand. There had to be some meaning in the order, he thought. Was it the phrases themselves that held the clue, or just a word in each one, or maybe the timing?
It was a hot night. Having the window open didn’t help, either, as the humidity was high, too.
Then, a crackle came over the radio.
It was her.
“Hello? Why did you leave? Are you upset at me? I waited all night. Hello? They’re all still there. Hello?”
He wrote down everything: the phrases, the cadence, even the volume level while sweat beaded on his forehead.
It was going to be another long night looking at the paper, hoping he could decode whatever the message was.
Inspiration
Did a channel from far away ever bleed over onto something you were watching on your analog television set? Was there ever a time a baby monitor picked up a conversation between two people outside your home? Have you ever heard a number station? Ever been hunched over a radio, and the interpreter next to you said, “They’re talking about us”?
All these things have happened to me. The airways are filled with conversations people aren’t meant to know about. What do you think is being said?
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Until Next Time
Next time we are putting things in high gear. Next time we’ll have “You will not get better,” which is a look at my efforts to write a realistic PTSD-suffering character, and the audience’s reactions to it. Then we will have a very short story collection post.
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In such a brief story you did a great job of creating atmosphere and an engaging plot. Great stuff!
I could feel this one. Made me think of the album Life in the Wires by Frost.