{"id":22926,"date":"2020-06-14T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=22926"},"modified":"2020-06-14T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T18:11:46","slug":"microfiction-practice-10-the-follow-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/microfiction-practice-10-the-follow-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Microfiction Practice #10: The Follow-Through"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"smalltext highlight\"><em>[Don&#8217;t know what this is? See <a href=\"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/revisiting-the-tiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this post<\/a> for the most recent background.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prompt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Genre: suspense\/thriller<\/li><li>Word: <em>promise<\/em><\/li><li>Action\/Subject: walking upstairs <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Story <em>(99 words, per Microsoft Word)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>No elevator: naturally. From the bottom of the stairwell, he looked up the six-floor stairwell, sighed. Hand on the railing. His right foot on the first step. His left foot on the second&#8230;<\/p><p>Too late, he knew. She&#8217;d probably been dead for weeks; such victims seldom lived more than a couple days. Yet he had to check. He&#8217;d promised, after all&#8230;<\/p><p>At the fifth-floor landing, he briefly lost his nerve. Who knew what he&#8217;d find inside? He should&#8217;ve called the cops&#8212;<\/p><p>There, finally. The doorknob, beneath his hand. Then his last irrational act: placing his face to the peephole.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Don&#8217;t know what this is? See this post for the most recent background.] Prompt: Genre: suspense\/thriller Word: promise Action\/Subject: walking upstairs Story (99 words, per Microsoft Word): No elevator: naturally. From the bottom of the stairwell, he looked up the six-floor stairwell, sighed. Hand on the railing. His right foot on the first step. 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