Esther Chilton

Can You Tell A Story In…

Last Friday, I announced I was changing my Thursday five-word challenge. I thought it was about time I mixed things up a bit. So you’ll find a different word challenge here every Thursday. Here’s your first one:

Can you tell a story up to 100 words (you can still write a five-word one if you want!), using the following three words:

  • LOVE
  • WARDROBE
  • DANGEROUS

Your word last week was RENT. Here are your RENTED stories:

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

Generation rent? Overpriced and stuck!

Rent your own burger scheme!

Cost of living, rent disaster!

He w(rent) his clothes apart?

007 rented his Aston Martin!

Rent me a bed! Sleepy.

Ruth Scribbles:

Head space for rent here!

Kim Smyth:

I have no rent anymore.

My kids are still renting.

Paying rent is wasted money.

Trent’s World:

I can’t pay the rent.

Love for rent, dirt cheap.

It was rent wide open.

Ajay Simon Richard:

Job implies certificates on rent.

Lance Greenfield:

Esther’s prompt: gift for Trent!

Rent from top to bottom.

Live in my heart: rent-free.

Swept away by strong current.

I’m proud to be different.

Parenting is not always easy.

Experienced naked butler for rent.

Definition of ‘recurrent’: see ‘recurrent’.

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31 responses to “Can You Tell A Story In…”

  1. Kim Smyth Avatar
    Kim Smyth

    I have no love for my wardrobe. When I was younger, my clothes were close to dangerous because I’d rather be near-naked than hot. And I had the figure for them. Now my clothes look old and frumpy…like me. But fear not dear readers, I’m working on it. Losing weight, getting more fit, and ordering more stylish clothes from a cheap clothing site will have me sporting dazzling duds before no time! Soon I’ll be back to bright, stylish, sexy clothing like well-fitting jeans and flirty tops. I don’t know about “dangerous” but hope to turn a head or two. 😉

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      That’s super! Love it 😍

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      1. Kim Smyth Avatar
        Kim Smyth

        Thanks, but I forgot to count my words! Am I good?

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      2. Esther Chilton Avatar
        Esther Chilton

        Exactly 100 words! So that’s great!

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      3. Kim Smyth Avatar
        Kim Smyth

        How the heck did I do that without even trying?? It’s a miracle!

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      4. Esther Chilton Avatar
        Esther Chilton

        Or just fantastic perception!

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      5. Kim Smyth Avatar
        Kim Smyth

        Maybe, but I just got lucky I’m sure!

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  2. RuthScribbles Avatar
    RuthScribbles

    I love my dangerous wardrobe.

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      😂😂 Love that you’ve kept to the five words! I’m now intrigued by your wardrobe!

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      1. RuthScribbles Avatar
        RuthScribbles

        Ha ha ha – I’m intrigued too!

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      2. Esther Chilton Avatar
        Esther Chilton

        😂😂

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    2. Kim Smyth Avatar
      Kim Smyth

      😉☺️❤️

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    3. Lance Greenfield Avatar
      Lance Greenfield

      That’s brilliant!
      A five word story that includes all three prompt words.
      Who would have thought it possible?

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      1. Lance Greenfield Avatar
        Lance Greenfield

        Oops! That was meant to be a comment on Ruth’s genius five-word story.

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      2. RuthScribbles Avatar
        RuthScribbles

        Thank you!! I love doing that!

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  3. Lance Greenfield Avatar
    Lance Greenfield

    A 5-word story came to mind. A longer story is oozing out of me as I walk the dog.
    I’ll post it later.

    Dangerous love tryst inside wardrobe

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Ooh, very good!

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      1. Lance Greenfield Avatar
        Lance Greenfield

        Draws the reader right in!
        I hope…

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      2. Esther Chilton Avatar
        Esther Chilton

        It does 😊

        Like

  4. artbychristinemallabandbrown Avatar
    artbychristinemallabandbrown

    The old wooden wardrobe was getting dangerous! I loved it, standing against the chimney brest, but I had noticed some tiny holes on its surface. Woodworm? Deathwatch beetle? Who knows, the house was as old as the wardrobe!
    Of course I’d filled it with stuff over the years, badminton racquets, hockey sticks, toy trains, a kagool. Stuff that wouldn’t be called dangerous, just weighty. But that was the problem. I was standing in the doorway of the bedroom, drinking coffee, deciding whether to move the wardrobe when…. Creak! The woodworm had eaten through the floor, the wardrobe was now DOWNSTAIRS!

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      I love it! That’s a great story 😍

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      1. artbychristinemallabandbrown Avatar
        artbychristinemallabandbrown

        Stretched my imagination a bit!

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  5. Lance Greenfield Avatar
    Lance Greenfield

    I am sweating under the pile of clothes.
    I am invisible in the darkness.
    The floorboards groan as he searches the bedroom, muttering.

    He is dangerous.
    If he finds me, he will hurt me again.
    Yet I yearn for his comforting cuddles.

    He really cares.
    He is purifying me.
    He loves me.
    Is that wrong?
    Is that false love?

    Silence!

    I am safe.
    I breathe.

    I sigh.

    The wardrobe door creaks open.
    I shrink into the corner
    The clothes part.
    The pain of his grip on my ankle is intense.
    He is too strong.
    Struggling is futile.

    “Please sir! No!”

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Wow! So powerful.

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      1. Lance Greenfield Avatar
        Lance Greenfield

        Thanks Esther.
        I’m getting into flash and micro fiction.
        Your latest book has taken me up a notch.
        I may even get placed in a competition sometime soon. 😉

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      2. Esther Chilton Avatar
        Esther Chilton

        I’m sure you will with writing like that 😊

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  7. SexagenarianScribbler Avatar
    SexagenarianScribbler

    I suppose It was only a matter of time before I’d find myself hiding in a wardrobe when a husband arrived home unexpectedly; your typical scenario from a bedroom farce finally became my reality.
    I could tell you I was in love with the female in question,, but that would be a lie. I’d committed a cardinal sin and she was just one of many; just think ‘Confessions of A Window Cleaner,.my line of work offered those very same opportunities .

    Talk about living dangerously, I could imagine the headlines;

    Parishioners up in arms as vicar caught with pants down….

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    1. Esther Chilton Avatar
      Esther Chilton

      Love it! This is super, Val 😁

      Like

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      1. SexagenarianScribbler Avatar
        SexagenarianScribbler

        Thanks Esther, this new challenge is right up my street…

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      2. Esther Chilton Avatar
        Esther Chilton

        Excellent!

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