100-Word Fiction: ‘Red’

When I was seventeen, the word ‘red’ meant only one thing: the colour of my girlfriend’s hair. I lie; now it comes to me – her red lipstick lips too. The thoughts we had and things we did. But of course it didn’t last and, well, things change. I changed. I was angry in my early twenties. Red mist descending and all that. Life was a struggle for a while. We drank lots and had Sunday lunches in the pub. I liked a Bloody Mary as a hangover cure. A colour for hope, anger, fear and regret. Which wins out?

Published by MW Bewick

Writer of poetry and place; editor and journalist. Co-founder of Dunlin Press. Books including Pomes Flixus, The Orphaned Spaces and Scarecrow are available from http://dunlinpress.bigcartel.com

3 thoughts on “100-Word Fiction: ‘Red’

  1. Colour for beauty perhaps? Lovely story.
    And Christian, isn’t he a spammer? I got these kind of ‘great blog’ comments often, with a commercial link.

    1. Thanks Anneke, you’re maybe right there. I missed the link this time – must have been in a hurry!

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