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Cocktails and News #7

News from our publications — all in one place!

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Blue.

She’d been feeling blue for so long, the bright colors had drained from everything around her.

“Put yourself first.”

“Nature. Go into nature.”

“Treat yourself. That’ll help.”

Everyone seemed to know everything about getting the color back into her life. To feel better. To not be so blue.

So… she left.

Not because they’d said it, or even because she’d thought it would help. She left because she was tired of all the unsolicited advice. Of everyone knowing better.

She tried to relax. Tried to put color back into her life.

But, everything was still blue.

Even her cocktail…

(Flash fiction in exactly 100 words)

Welcome to the seventh newsletter of The Cocktail Club!

I will leave you to interpret the story above, but will add that I had to smile at the end. A bit of humor always brightens our lives, right?!

A bit of housekeeping…

Did you know you can get to all our publications from the homepage of the Cocktail Club? There are links on there that will…

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🦋 Marie A. Rebelle
Cocktail Club

🦋 Writer of raw, open, honest fact & fiction - always about life. | Owner: Serial Stories & The Patient's Voice | Editor: Tantalizing Tales 🦋