Fila stood by the Packard as a hot wind blew gritty dirt devils around her. She stared at 26 acres of Blackland prairie, a gambler’s final gamble. A gusher, he vowed, Texas gold. Fila saw only dirt, a dry hole gone bust, but it was risky to tell him no.
Susan Hunt lives in Texas, a place that informs her writing as well as her history. Now a retired technical writer and editor, Susan writes flash fiction about Fila, whose history is entangled with her own.
Oh Fila… time to let that gambler go ❤️
Nicely done, Susan ☺️
Yup, Fila has some thinking to do. Thanks, Paul.
You took me there!
Good one with lots of possibilities…just turn the page and follow Fila…
This is wonderful! It brought tears to my eyes.