Lilly tends her small window box. It sits on the kitchen sill, full of life and colour.

Jack always said she was a flower magician.

"You could make a burnt matchstick bloom," he'd chuckle.

After he died she sold their house.

She couldn't bear to live in it without him.

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This is a 50-word story written using Hive account@mariannewest's Hive account@freewritehouse Freewrite Writing Prompt “Flower Magic”

This is the 64th fifty-word story in the Humpbuckle Tales series. You can find all the tales reblogged on the Hive account@humpbuckletales account.

Humpbuckle Tales are 50-word stories that can be read independently, but when read as a whole a bigger story begins to emerge.

There are author readings available of the first 22 Humpbuckle Tales on the Humpbuckle Tales YouTube Channel or you can listen to the Humpbuckle Tales podcast.

On Hive, you can find the first 10 tales read here, and Humpbuckle Tales 11-22 are read here

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