Each week, Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch hosts a flash fiction challenge. The February 23 cue: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about a migration.
Jane snaps the gate latch shut and unsnaps Troubles’ leash. She’s making her way toward the back door, picking her way automatically around weeds and old bricks before she notices in the dim moonlight.
The weeds and bricks aren’t there.
Her fingers are shaking as she turns on her phone’s flashlight, casting a circle of light around her while Troubles sniffs around the door.
Clean.
The rhododendron trunks are cleared of blown-in trash, the old bricks and broken furniture have been cleared out. In the bright wash of phone light, the brown grass even looks raked.
Oh, God, no.
This flash is a vignette from The Life and Times of Jane Doe. Other fun flashes can be found at the link above.
99 Monkeys 
Oh, no! That awful feeling! I worried last week…now it’s here. So many houses were dormant on the market and when they sold, they moved quickly. I call it the second displacement.
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The situation in this country will only get worse, I’m afraid. 😦
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