The phone rang.
At 4am I had woken up alone, cold and adrift in a sea of quilts. The silence in our room was so thick I thought I would drown in it.
I picked up the phone.
This post was written in response to the Trifecta Writing Challenge weekend prompt:
Complete the following story in exactly 33 words. The 5 we have given you are NOT to be counted in the 33 words.
The phone rang at 4am.
I admit, I’m playing a little fast and loose with the rules. I am starting with the same five words; there was no rule against moving the punctuation around.
Christine Hanolsy 
Wonderful wordplay. And punctuation-play. I’m a rule-bender myself, so I say it’s all good!
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And to have her answer in the last line is so poignant.
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Great imagery. I like how you “rearranged” the prompt.
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I felt lonely just reading that! I’d love to read more! What happens next?
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Great start to a book. Would love to know who is not there. Is she drowning in her blankets from sadness? From a loss? Well done!
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I love it when you play fast and loose with the rules.
This reeked of desperation, of feeling lost. “our room”…whose room? And who is calling? Was the other person gone all night? Gone for good?
This is both intense and vague in ways that make me feel like it’s at the start of a really good book.
Came from the Trifextra linkup.
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I am really wondering who was on the other end of the phone? Who was calling her/him??? Was it their missing partner who should have been in the bed with them? Please continue this story, I want to know more! Don’t leave us hanging! Who was it???
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I love that you changed the punctuation. Creative! Lovely imagery here.
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I love when people twist the rules!
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I love how you created the image of a sea and drowning with her in bed.
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