Trifextra - Week Eight: Lost

Trifecta's 33 word story challenge this week:

This weekend's challenge is to write a story entitled 'Lost' in exactly 33 words. The word 'lost' can only appear in the title, not your 33 words.

My entry:

 

According to her pedometer, Melanie trekked five miles into the forest. She knew the park entrance was in the south west. The compass spun wildly like caught in a whirlpool as night descended.

Trifextra - Week Seven Challenge

Momma napped in the August sun while Janie explored the rocky island only exposed at low tide. Janie didn’t notice the tide until waves crashed over the rocks below, swallowing the beach.

“Momma!”

I've mentioned Trifecta in previous posts. This week the above 33 word story was something that sprang into my head as soon as I read the challenge.

"This weekend's challenge is to give us a story or snippet of a story which includes, in exactly 33 words, a justified exclamation point.  Make us believe that your exclamation point simply needs to be in your story.  The writer with the most believable exclamation wins."