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It is time to play in words again. Rochelle put up a picture and asked us what we saw. In a hundred words we are to tell a story based on the picture. Read the entire rules and more stories at: http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/1-august-2014/
Night Witches *
From a sky black as a walnut shell, Nadia leaned out and saw
her target resting still on the earth. She cut the purring engine back and
began a glide with her hand on the bomb release. Her plane sliced through the
air making swishing sounds like broom straws against wooden floors. She felt
the biplane tilt, lighten, and then straighten as four large bombs fell away.
Nadia smiled and lifted again to head back. As she turned, her
smile faded. Three planes with Swastikas were rising rapidly behind her. Her
job wasn’t finished just yet.
*Night Witches was a name given to Russian women pilots in WWII. While American women were used to ferry equipment, mail, and for training purposes, Russian women pilots actually went to the front and were bombers!
11 comments:
A really thought provoking piece - thank you. You have my mind working overtime here. Lots of thoughts crowding my head.
Equality in action. Equal opportunity to kill and to die.
And I wonder what they called the male bombers...
Speaking of playing with words. Have you come across Delores' Words for Wednesday? It is a weekly challenge where Delores puts up a selection of six words and/or a phrase for us to play with. It is a lot of fun and you can find this weeks selection HERE.
Claudia--I learned something today. Thanks for the historical tidbit. ;)
That was a challenger, Claudia, and you stepped up to the plate. Great job.
Hope it's cooled down there. Yep, August begins tomorrow! Susan
Dear Claudia,
I learned something from your well written historical fiction. Nicely done in my favorite genre.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Dear Claudia,
A great piece of night flying by you in this story, History masquerading as action and adventure. Who could ask for more?
Aloha,
Doug
"Night Witches." Holy smoke! That would make one heckuva backdrop for a novel. Interesting info, Claudia. Thanks.
Interesting, this. I love the sky black as a walnut shell and sounds like broom straw. It gives the story a feeling of witches haunting the skies. Alicia Jamtaas
Claudia, Good and interesting story based on historical fact.I also learned something by reading this story. Well written. :)---Susan
Well done Claudia, for the writing and the piece of history I had never heard about.
Dee
Talk about a great beginning! Love this piece for its history and the way its written. I would definitely read more!
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