April 27, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes oil. It can be an oil refinery, the raw product or used as a commodity. How does oil fit into a plot or a genre? Go where the prompt leads.
It was the best and worst of massage. The girl with pudgy fingers slapped on the massage oil which I could feel running under my stomach.
Her fingers generated the nervousness you associate with a first-time massage.
She had used far too much oil, her fingers slipped every so often and dug into my neck creating a pain and anxiety such that with my brain asked the pertinent question: “Does this woman know what she is doing?”
She forged ahead, with muscles manipulated, I felt the beginnings of relief, before she slapped me on the rump announcing job done.
Written for: https://carrotranch.com/2017/04/28/april-27-flash-fiction-challenge-2/
Ha! Too soon to feel the relief! Great build up of tension to set the final slap of words. 🙂
Thanks Charli, fun as always, getting 99 words is the best of challenges…
When I edit scenes, I often rewrite parts as 99 word flash. It actually becomes a useful tool!
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There’s got to be a first for everything, even massage. But please let it be someone else! Great flash.
Thanks for stopping by Norah….