TIMETABLE
The
island’s steep lava flows sprawled into the Atlantic like giant starfish arms,
each inlet battered by waves that had gained strength across a thousand miles
of ocean.
Manuel
had grown up here, knew it intimately, and he had a foolproof plan. Rob the
village store just as it was closing, then escape along the railway line and
hide in the tunnel as he had when he was a boy. The police, having to use the
winding road, couldn’t catch him.
Unfortunately,
in the years he’d been away, the train timetable had changed. Jumping to the
side wasn’t an option.
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This week's photograph, thanks to Dawn M Miller and https://rochellewisoff.com/ , reminded me of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. It doesn't have a railway, but the road around the island is cut through each starfish arm and skirts precipitous drops to the valleys. That's the mostly yellow one on this map!
I have taken on another challenge this month - one from National Flash Fiction, to produce an Advent Calendar of flash fiction using a different prompt each day. Feel free to scroll through my archives and read them.
