vignettes

[marycatelli]

This week's prompt is:
bow

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term.

Comments

[jbellinger]

The once-proud ship looked a mess. In place of the glorious figurehead they’d tied the branch of some exotic tree, only a torn mainsail remained, and the trophy rail held only one enemy spear and a few bows.

The first officer wore the captain’s turban. He bowed and cried “Your expedition found success!”

[marycatelli]

Ah, but at what?