IAIN KELLY

#BREAD

‘OMGosh, Dad!’

Frank froze, knife with butter held over his bread. ‘What?’

‘Your bread.’ Sophie pointed.

He looked at the bread. ‘I know, it’s got a hole in it. It’s not the end of the world.’

He motioned the knife towards the bread.

‘Wait!’ shouted Sophie, hustling Frank out the way and snapping a picture of the bread on her smartphone. ‘Bread with a heart-shaped hole. This will so go viral on my Instagram.’

Frank stared at the piece of bread that was now more famous than he ever would be.

He shrugged and spread the butter over it.


hearty-bread
Copyright Kelvin M. Knight

Written as part of the Friday Fictioneers challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The idea is to write a short story of 100 words based on the photo prompt (above).

To read stories of 100 words based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.

117 responses to “#BREAD”

  1. Reena Saxena Avatar

    Food, kids, pups and kittens certainly are more famous than they know about fame 🙂

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    1. beautyswot Avatar

      Modern life brilliantly observed. My son won’t touch his food until he has checked with my that I don’t want to photograph it. Ha ha…

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      1. beautyswot Avatar

        Me not my…

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      2. Reena Saxena Avatar

        🙂

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      3. Iain Kelly Avatar

        I dread to think how many photos of food now exist floating around on the web. As you say, that’s modern life, first the photo, then you can eat it 🙂

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    2. Iain Kelly Avatar

      More people will always view those things than read our stories – such is modern life!

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  2. neilmacdon Avatar

    I liked bread more famous than he would ever be

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
  3. Varad Avatar

    Guess this bread became more famous than the band with the same name… Says a lot about the younger generation really.

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  4. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    It is the way of the world. These prompts inspire, your story says so much about the present web culture.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Mike – of course the photo would get more views than my story ever will! 🙂

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  5. rochellewisoff Avatar

    Dear Iain,

    This made me laugh out loud. Obviously the photographer found the heart shaped hole interesting enough to submit as a photo prompt. 😉 Ah the modern world and the things that entertain us. Good one.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Rochelle, at least in being used as a prompt the photo has some worth and purpose now – unlike a lot of photos shared on the internet! 🙂

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      1. rochellewisoff Avatar

        I couldn’t agree with you more, Iain.

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  6. Annie Avatar

    Hilariously relatable 😊 great story, Iain!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Annie, happy it gave you a laugh 🙂

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  7. neeltheauthor Avatar

    A bread sized view of an increasingly narcissistic world. Very well,. Kelly.

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  8. J Hardy Carroll Avatar

    That would be my reaction exactly. Now if it happened TWICE….

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Now you’re talking something special!

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  9. Vivian Zems Avatar

    Hahahaha!! Reminds me of my teenagers 🙂 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Vivian – so long as they’re happy 🙂

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      1. Vivian Zems Avatar

        I’m sure they are….. if happiness is defined by how long you live on snap-chat! 🙂

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  10. gahlearner Avatar
    gahlearner

    It’s all looks and little substance these days. Back in the old days–it was just the same only less public, LOL. Good story.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Very true Gabi, the internet just means we can share our silly little moments with the whole world!

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  11. Caerlynn Nash Avatar
    Caerlynn Nash

    It’s not what you look at… it’s what you see! 🙂
    Good story.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Nice interpretation 😉

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  12. spicedmullings Avatar

    So of what is true today. Genext & Genpast!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      I know which Gen I belong to! Thank you.

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      1. spicedmullings Avatar

        😊😊😊

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  13. granonine Avatar

    Exactly what would happen these days 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Not so much a fictional story.

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      1. granonine Avatar

        Well, aren’t most stories based in some sort of reality? Or at least, the human imagination 🙂

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  14. James Avatar

    Now he’s got a piece of bread with a glob of heart-shaped butter inside. Another Instagram post. Fame is fleeting, fortunately.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      It’s photos of cups of coffee I can never really understand – why is anyone interested in that?!

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      1. James Avatar

        Beats me. Coffee is for the taste (assuming good coffee) and the caffeine.

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  15. Vinay Leo R. Avatar

    Oh. That’s very likely to be someone’s true story! Wonderfully woven drabble.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
  16. Ivana Avatar

    Really relatable and cute story! I could see this happening in real life for sure.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      I’m sure you won’t have to search hard to find similar pictures online. Thank you 🙂

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  17. scr4pl80 Avatar

    When you’re looking for a “sign” sometimes they show up in the most unusual places. I’d be the one taking the picture I’m afraid and I’m not a teenage girl, just a believer in dreams and signs 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Haha, that’s true, perhaps I’m being unfair to the younger generation!

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  18. pennygadd51 Avatar

    Nice reflection on the differences between the generations, and the nature of fame nowadays.

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  19. Sandra Avatar

    My sister-in-law would eat her heart out to capture and post that. Pun intended.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      If it keeps them happy…!

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  20. Moon Avatar
    Moon

    Wow! Beautifully captured . I don’t quite get the obsession with clicking and posting .Getting old, I believe.🙂

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  21. Fandango Avatar

    Well, at least it wasn’t in the shape of the Virgin Mary! THAT would have gone viral!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      That or the Turin Shroud lookalikes!

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  22. Sascha Darlington Avatar

    Oh, good job, Iain! I love her reaction as opposed to his. Makes me laugh! 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Sascha – I would definitely be the Dad with the confused look on his face 🙂

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  23. Parul Avatar

    This could easily be a true story!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      I’m sure it has happened somewhere. Thanks.

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  24. Christine Goodnough Avatar

    Frank sounds like a typical phlegmatic Englishman. 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      That he is 🙂

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      1. Christine Goodnough Avatar

        So what if the Battle of Britain is raging over our heads. that’s no reason for missing our tea and toast. 🙂

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  25. Symanntha Renn Avatar

    Ugh! Such a dad reaction!
    🙂 I love it.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      It would be my reaction 🙂

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  26. joyroses13 Avatar

    This is great! My husband and I shake our heads all the time as our dear daughter snaps pictures of her food!
    Love your last line about the bread being more famous. 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you, I’m glad so many can relate to this!

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  27. Alicia Jamtaas Avatar

    A delightful take on the prompt. Taking pictures of food is indeed a strange phenomenon.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Now if you could post the smell and taste of the food to each other as well, then it would be worthwhile!

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      1. Alicia Jamtaas Avatar

        Wouldn’t it????

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  28. plaridel Avatar

    it’s a different world from where we grew up. we better get used to it. 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
  29. Alice Audrey Avatar

    Well, if you must go viral, Instigram is much better than pneumonia.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Haha, true 🙂

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  30. Natasha Avatar
    Natasha

    I was planning to write my story on a similar line Iain. You stole it. 😉
    Jokes apart, ain’t this just how typically we lead our lives, feeding off smart phones!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Sorry I beat you to it Natasha!

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      1. Natasha Avatar
        Natasha

        No sweat. My impetus to think differently 😀

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  31. John Davis Frain Avatar

    Poor Frank. He’s toast.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      🙂 Quite.

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  32. draliman Avatar

    Sophie’s not wrong. Sadly. Nice one!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      I believe she is what’s known as ‘with it.’

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  33. Keith's Ramblings Avatar

    Youngsters and their phones! Don’t they drive you mad? A tale of our times Iain.

    Click to read my FriFic

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  34. Lynn Love Avatar

    I think Frank has exactly the right attitude there – butter over it and eat! Nice, wry tale Iain

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Lynn, Frank very much shares my attitude here!

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      1. Lynn Love Avatar

        Haha! 🙂

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  35. Dahlia Avatar

    Haha – a fun piece Iain. And realistic too.

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  36. seekeroftruthweb Avatar

    I have posted a few pictures of food on Twitter: eggnog when it came out; the holiday dinners with my family; one on New Year’s of my holding a glass. (With a jacket and dress shirt on)

    My mom is like Frank: she doesn’t get it.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      I’m with your Mom, although at least you seem to limit it to special occasions 🙂

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  37. rgayer55 Avatar

    The saying used to be “You are what you eat.” I guess in today’s world it should be amended to “You eat what you photograph.”

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  38. Laurie Bell Avatar

    Ha very practical! And of course it went viral. The internet is a strange place 😊

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Very strange indeed – as are a lot of the people who use it 🙂

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  39. Maggie C Avatar

    Even bread gets its 15 minutes of fame these days. Good story.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Maggie

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  40. Life Lessons of a Dog Lover Avatar
    Life Lessons of a Dog Lover

    You captured today’s reality beautifully in this. Nice take on the prompt.

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  41. prior.. Avatar

    butter is always great – and such a current take on the prompt – 800 likes in 5 minutes perhaps?

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      No for my story, but for the picture of the bread – easy!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Randy

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  42. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    Sign o’ the times… 😉

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  43. Danny James Avatar

    Ruined a good piece of art.

    DJ

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  44. justjoyfulness Avatar

    Are you saying Kelvin stole Frank’s daughter’s photo? Hehehe 🙂 Nice one Iain. A lot of cats, dogs and even goats are more famous than most of us 🙂

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  45. Indira Avatar

    Nice story.In some other country, you could have auctioned it for millions. I read about an Indian bread written Allahs name in Urdu written on it and what a hullabaloo over it.

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  46. Sarah Ann Avatar
    Sarah Ann

    Fantastic characterisation – Sophie’s dialogue giving us the type of teenager she is. Love Frank’s insouciance.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you Sarah Ann

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  47. joseph elon lillie Avatar

    There is just nothing better than swallowing destiny whole.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
  48. shwetadave09 Avatar

    And Sophie is going to get a lot of likes on Insta 🙂 nice story!

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