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Sunday, 28 June 2015

Breathless With Xylophone

“Hey boys, how ’bout y’all makin’ yer Ma some wind chimes?” 
© 2015, Barbara W. Beacham
Picture-Prompt- Mondays Finish The Story
He was nervous when his landlady asked her sons for wind chimes so that he could learn how to play them, and her youngest son gave him his Xylophone to try out!

They were startled when he played the Xylophone like a pro and its sounds brought a lump to his throat making him feel breathless.


His reaction to the musical vibrations of the wind chimes and Xylophone puzzled him as he sensed several waves of memories transmitted in his brain...
the journey begins
Picture-Prompt- WriteTribe
When he went to the window to get some fresh air, he found his previous life's partner reincarnated as his next door neighbour!

Picture-Prompt- Magpie Tales

The Xylophone would remind her too!


Linking with-
WOW- This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.
ABC Wednesday- X For Xylophone
Mondays Finish The Story
Three Word Wednesday- Lump, Nervous, Puzzled
Magpie Tales
Five Sentence Fiction- Waves
Write Tribe- The Journey Begins 
Six Word Saturday- The Xylophone Would Remind Her Too!
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20 comments:

  1. Unknown28 June 2015 at 22:13

    Nicely done Anita! I enjoyed your story. Thanks for another well written contribution to the Mondays Finish the Story challenge! Be well... ^..^

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  2. Anonymous28 June 2015 at 23:27

    Very thought-provoking. Wind chimes and xylophones remind me of childhood, which feels like a previous life to me sometimes!

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  3. Kathe W.29 June 2015 at 01:06

    nicely done! Very sweetly told.

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  4. Trubes29 June 2015 at 01:58

    Interesting story,
    I love wind chimes such sweet sounds they make when
    there is a gentle breeze.

    Best wishes,
    Di,
    ABCW team.

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  5. Gemma Wiseman29 June 2015 at 04:26

    A sense of eerie deja vue in these chimes.

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  6. Roger Owen Green29 June 2015 at 07:02

    I loved the xylophone when I was (MUCH) younger.

    ROG, ABCW

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  7. Deepa29 June 2015 at 11:28

    Omg, never expected this turn. Lovely read

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  8. Amrita Sabat29 June 2015 at 12:06

    This is excellent! So many prompts combined! Nice story wid gr8 twist! :)

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  9. K.A. Acharya29 June 2015 at 14:44

    What a twist! Loved it. :)

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  10. Kutamun29 June 2015 at 18:19

    It seems windchimes are the imstrumentality of reincarnation ...wow

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  11. Rosemary Nissen-Wade29 June 2015 at 18:42

    Cute story! Took me back to childhood and my little brother playing his xylophone.

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  12. Sushree Dash29 June 2015 at 22:47

    Wow !! You linked up so many prompts in one :) The end was great..unexpected :)

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  13. Anonymous30 June 2015 at 02:17

    This one a superbly creative, hatke:)

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  14. MeenalSonal1 July 2015 at 11:59

    Awesome story line, loved it :)

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  15. Mahathi Ramya1 July 2015 at 12:31

    nice short tale :-)

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  16. Locomente1 July 2015 at 12:56

    Very nice!

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  17. Rat1 July 2015 at 13:29

    Lovely!! :-)

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  18. Tess Kincaid2 July 2015 at 22:56

    Ha!

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  19. Gemstone3 July 2015 at 21:00

    Well Done .. Loved it Keep Writing .:)

    Amit lamba
    Amit

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  20. payal agarwal4 July 2015 at 12:23

    very well written. :)

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