photo by: C. Hase
It is time once again for Friday Fictioneers the flash fiction writing group led by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Click the word “Fictioneers” above and it will take you to her site. A quick click on the little blue froggy and you will be deluged in a sea of stories based on the photo prompt above.
Here is what I took from the picture.
Letters From Malta
by JE Lillie
What’s left of the ship still surfaces during low tide. I come to see it everyday, still amazed we all made it out alive. Paul said we would. God tells Him things and no one doubts that now.
When he got bitten by the snake after the shipwreck everyone was sure it was the gods’ judgment, but the man walks in the miracle. He didn’t even swell.
Now he’s been invited to the magistrate’s house. We hear there is dysentery there so of course off we go. Paul says “Every problem is just a miracle in disguise.”
This is a snapshot of Acts 28, Paul’s time in Malta.
Lillie-Put 
Very clever. Ptoblrms and miracles…different sides of the coin perhaps?
Yes or steps in a process God has worked out in this world.
Oops. Edit before publishing. Problems!
I do it all the thti,me…I mean time 🙂
nice nice! short buy crisp!
*short but crisp
100 words is all we get.
Love this: “…but the man walks in the miracle.” Great work!
Thanks! It’s a phrase I use in preaching sometimes.
I think there are miracles in many places… we just have to look for them.. of course any reference to Malta and shipwrecks bring back the thought of the disasters that happens right there as we speak.
Yes indeed. Euroclydon has been bringing grief for Millenia!
Dear Joseph,
This tale of yours is compelling and atmospheric. i loved the reality, the world building that you engaged in in your hundred words.
Aloha,
Doug
Thanks Doug! I really appreciate the encouragement!
Paul really got around, didn’t he. What a great re-telling of the legend.
Yes he did. His story is one of the most fascinating tales of antiquity.
but the man walks in the miracle I wish I’d thought of this line – used it in almost anything. Well done.
Lovely story Joe.
People say ‘not problems but opportunities’ – I like miracles even better!
Well done. Love the magic.
Thanks Patrick!
Nice take on the prompt, and some great lines in there.
Thank you so much!
Cool…I really like that!