Today’s Friday Fiction is courtesy of microcosmsfic.com. 300 word short story using the following elements.
Character: Songwriter Setting: Village Genre: Aga Saga
Vanessa sneered at the aged AGA. A bulky, 3-door cooker sitting against the kitchen wall like a squalid interloper. It’s front creame-coloured door was peeling to reveal the shiny metallic interior. From the back, a pipe ran along the wall and attached to the black bent-tube boiler built into the wall.
“Shall you fix it then?”
The village Engineer wiped his forehead with a grimy handkerchief.
“I’ll try my best mam. We been doin’ more Aether-boiler jobs than steam… and this is very old.”
“Well I ask you do to more than just try. This is an heirloom sir, it best be fixed.”
“Of course, mam.”
She saw the scowl creasing his wrinkled face, smudged with soot like the lower-class civil servant he was.
“I’ll be in the Drawing Room. Find me when it is done.”
She whirled away in a flurry of ruffles flaring from her crinoline. Like an inverted rose, the scarlet dress flared around her hips, silk crawling up to the high-collar styled with intricate golden gears. Although the daughter of the Royal Engineer – she drew no correlation between her father and the man in her kitchen.
“Must you always be so rude, Vanessa?” mother asked without lifting her head, seated with a cello angled away from her knees.
“Is he not below us?”
“Your privileged ancestry began with a man very much like him.”
Vanessa glided across the carpeted floor and gazed out the window. The village, once further away, now loomed closer. Threatening to overtake.
“Do we not come from a family of cabaret singers, song writers and… whatever it is you do mother.”
Mother raised her eyes and sighed,
“Much like the AGA you despise so, the future catches up to us. Apart from your class, what shall you offer to it?”
A-Scribe To Describe 
Nice read! Very interesting.
Thanks Rache. After taking a short break, the story seems disjointed. I don’t know if you feel the same way?
Anyway I was just testing out the language and style I might use for my Steampunk novel.
I don’t really read this genre often (if at all), so I’m a bit disconnected from the style. With that said, I still enjoyed it.
Loved this! The description of her dress and how you communicate her arrogance and niavete subtly (which is a lovely combination). And a cultural message to boot! So much said in, “Whatever is it you do, Mother.”
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it. A slightly different genre and topic and writing style I had to adopt for this short, and it worked a bit like I wanted it to. Thank you 🙂
I was impressed by how much you conveyed in so few words. You are definitely a master wordsmith. Good going!
Thank you 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it.
I loved the theme you explored in such a limited word count. I was also impressed by your description. Such a delightful read! 🙂
Thank you! Happy you enjoyed it 🙂