Crushing, celebrating crowds filled the foreshore. Multicoloured glo-sticks made it seem as though finally, I’d found the end of the rainbow. I was sitting in it. Laughter rang out amidst the hum of chatter. It was awhile before countdown to New Year would begin and the fireworks would explode in the night sky.
“What’s up with you Gemma?”
“Nothing. Why?”
“You’re the only glum face here that why.” Peter stared at me but I turned my eyes heavenward searching the storm clouds that obliterated the stars.
“I want to make a New Years wish but my star isn’t there.”
In response to Charli’s prompt :
December 28, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a wishing star. It can be central to the story or used in a different way. You can have a character interact or not. Go where the prompt leads.
Respond by January 2, 2018 to be included in the compilation (published January 3). Rules are here. All writers are welcome!
New Year is upon us and I hope everyone will have a very Happy New Year and that it brings to fruition those dreams you have been turning into reality. It has been a wonderful year at Carrot Ranch with the weekly 99 word prompts, the Rodeo (the first competition held by the ranch in the month of November) and the publishing of our first anthology – a compilation of 99 word flashes, some longer flash fiction pieces and essays, and a section on teaching flash fiction as an art form.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
It’s there. Your star is there.
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LOL. I have a few hours left to find it. Happy New Year D.
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Thank you. Thank you for being a bright part of 2017 and best to you and yours in 2018
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That is a lovely thing to say D. Thank you and thank you for being part of my world. I hope 2018 will be a good year for all of us.
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My heart is breaking for Gemma. And for little Peter who is sensitive to her moods.
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Thank you Sharon – I like these characters.
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Awwee. It’s there, just hidden behind the rainbow 🙂 Happy new year Irene.
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Thanks for the pointer. Wishing will now begin starting with wish you a happy New Year. 😀
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That trusted star that guides us is not always visible but it is always there.
Happy New Year, Irene.
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Your Australian New Year’s celebration with crowds, glo-sticks and storm cloud sounds like the equivalent of America’s 4th of July celebrations! How sweet that Gemma is looking beyond the crowds for her star.
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It is the weather Charli. When it is hot you can revel. I can’t imagine standing out under the stars in the weather your Lady Lake serves you to see in the New Year.
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I don’t think we could see fireworks through the snow!
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Not from the pictures we have seen anyway. Who’d want to stand and watch them if you could see them.
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Good story. And, you are so conscientious to read and comment on everyone else’s!
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Thanks Chelsea. I don’t get to everyone but I do try and read as many as time allows. I love seeing the different directions people go with the same prompt. Charli is the one that gets to everyone and she deserves a star.
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You can both have a wishing star. 😉
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Gladly accepted. Thanks.
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