Inside our old wooden club house, that slumbers besides our rural tree lined tennis courts, alone on a shelf, rests an ancient school handbell.
Over the years, with sun beaming down and birds singing in the trees, when our bell has rung, we have stopped playing for a minute's silence in memory of one of us who will play no more.
Now, as I grow old and struggle towards that ever faster bouncing ball, I know soon the bell will ring out again, loud and clear, but that day I will not hear, for it will toll for me.
Rob Hopcott
Enjoyed this? You may also enjoy Saying Goodbye Hurts.
This short postcard fiction tennis club handbell story is copyright Rob Hopcott 2008, all rights reserved. All characters and places in this flash short postcard fiction tennis club handbell story and other free on-line humor, short stories, flash fictions, micro-fictions, sudden fictions, post card fictions or very short stories on this site, are fictitious and no reference is intended to any person or organization, living or otherwise.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Tennis Bell Tolls - a 100 word microfiction about tennis clubs, tennis players and remembrance by Rob Hopcott
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8 comments:
Rob, I've been before when you've left a comment at mine or somewhere else I go, but you've got so many blogs I didn't know where to start, or stop!
But it's great when you appear, I think you are some kind of hyperkinetic web presence who can't help spinning stuff!
I'll try to get to know some more of your sites, especially as the West Country is still a place dear to my heart.
Rob, I've been reading this and a few more of your short, short stories. I love them and will be back to read more. I see you have many more sites to keep me busy, too.
Monix and Lucy,
You are both very kind, I love your sites too.
Thanks for the Birthday wishes Rob .. you are so funny!
The story of the bell is very poinant hope your bell doesn't ring for a while yet!
steve
Thanks Steve, hopefully both of us have quite a bit of life in us yet :-)
Rob, this was a great story. You have a great site! As others said--poignant. I'll link you on my site. btw, Have you ever read the micro-fiction of David McCoy? There's a link to his work (Buffalo Time) on my blog. Just scroll down a few posts and you'll see the link on top of one of my flash stories.
Thanks for your kind words and the heads up on David McCoy.
I particularly liked the flash fiction 'Ed Sullivan'.
His work is delightfully short and tight with a disturbing surrealist flavour.
I'll add him to my flash fiction list referenced on my online flash fiction blog :-)
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