Introduction
This collection is a collection of seventy stories, each 240 words. They were inspired by the first picture seen on my Twitter feed on a given day.
29. The Girl with the Blue Hair 29 January 2019
He'd been dreaming again. Partly pleasant. Partly not. The same as many times before. Familiar, certainly. What did dreams ever mean anyway? Just processing wasn't it? If only he could remember what though.
Think. Then it hit him. The girl with the silky blue hair. Yes, every night now for over a week. But why did he always forget? How could he? She was lovely. Her long hair tumbled over her shoulders and framed her face. It glistened shades of blue and silver but mainly blue. Her face was perfectly shaped. Her eyes were kind.
She never spoke. She just stared at him. It was as if she understood him and he understood here. They didn’t need to speak. They were one.
She held something in front of her. A glass bauble, perhaps. A large one. Maybe it was a sort of snow globe. Liquid or air swirled round it and then it gradually settled there was a letter S in a glittery material. Was this some sort of crystal ball? What could it mean?
Well he would have to forget it now. It was time to get the day underway.
"Emergency!" said Sonya, his office buddy. "I need a plus one for the staff awards tonight. Everyone else is taking a partner. 'I’ll look silly without one. How about it? Please?"
He reluctantly agreed. He hated these corporate events.
"I'll meet you there. I'm having my hair done first."
By seven that evening he was loitering in the reception area of Statten Grange. He hoped she would be on time.
A taxi arrived. Out stepped a glamorous young woman with long blue hair. Sonya. She smiled knowingly at him.
About the author
Gill James is published by The Red Telephone, Butterfly and Chapeltown.
She edits CafeLit and writes for the online community news magazine: Talking About My Generation.
She teaches Creative Writing and has an MA in Writing for Children and PhD in Creative and Critical Writing.
http://www.gilljameswriter.com
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