Copyright Oggbashan January 2022
The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons.
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The following are 15 fifty-word stories with a Valentine Card theme. The title isn't counted.
01. Cupid's Arrows
Valentine Cards are like unaimed Cupid's arrows. They can hit, miss, or hit an unintended target.
They can be dangerous to the sender or the recipient.
They might bring love or disappointment, Think.
Would she want one from you? If anonymous, would she know who sent it? Think much harder.
02. He Lied
I sent an anonymous Valentine Card to Elaine. She thought Roger had sent it. He hadn't bothered.
Elaine's reaction was so passionate that Roger couldn't admit that he hadn't sent it. He lied and said it was his.
Now Roger and Elaine are engaged, and I'm left lonely and bereft.
03. Not you.
I thought Janie would like a Valentine card from me. I had signed it with my name. She walked across to my desk and flung the card down.
"Mike? I wouldn't want an expression of love from you or a card even if you were the last man on earth."
04. Long Lasting
Every year since before we got engaged, I posted my wife a Valentine Day card. Some years it would arrive early. My wife was upset if it arrived a day late.
On our fiftieth anniversary I enclosed a gift voucher for her favourite clothes shop. Her thanks? Incredible.
05. Success?
I thought for a long time before sending Anne a signed card. She was so miserable after she had been dumped.
She brought it back.
"Thank you, Greg, for this. I'm pleased someone fancies this fat slag. But Janet loves you. I'll give it to her"
She did. We're grateful.
