100-Word Fiction: ‘Signs and Codes’

Exercise No. 1:

Image: A fairytale castle.

Words: This castle does not exist.

Image: A townscape.

Words: The city is at risk.

Image: A man in a hat.

Words: This picture is believed to have been taken in the past few weeks.

Image: A man in a different hat.

Words: Freedom.

Image: A toy helicopter.

Words: A WMD believed to be owned by Person X.

Image: An explosion.

Words: These images have not been verified.

Image: Two men in suits shaking hands.

Words: Success or failure.

Image: Not all images can be shown.

Words: Words are spoken through an interpretor.

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

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