The Fifty-fiveLike the 1000-word Challenge, The Fifty-Five runs on the same schedule. The purpose of this Challenge is to teach and encourage writers on brevity and word economy.
We had some outstanding entries spurred by this prompt and I've learned that by prompting the nose, the eyes see quite a lot. Thanks to all who entered and to jerH for the outstanding prompt. Voting is open for one week! Tell your friends! Hell, tell your enemies, too. Tell them to vote or you'll kill them. That should do the trick.
Day of Reckoning by Phonoho
The crowd had dispersed quickly, though not from the threat of rain. The smell of fear hung thick in the still air, bringing it close and clinging to the nose. Jones looked up at the sky, squinting.
“Shit...”
He stood back, doused the gallows steps from the bucket in his hand and began to scrub.
Lost Memories by Jimbalaya
The scent of watermelon permeated the air, brought on the gentle flow of the wind. A memory squirmed its way into her mind like a buttered eel. A memory of happiness. A memory she couldn’t quite grasp, one she couldn’t quite forget. Four years since the accident; maybe someday she would remember who she was.
The In Between by Venomous Vixen
Dawn erupted against blackened land,
night’s shadow crippled in light’s gaze
as the sun yawned along the horizon,
breathing out the smell of a new day
…and somewhere tucked between sky and earth -
blind to morning rituals,
entangled, they clung to one another,
moments stolen between night and day
wrapped in the smell of love.
Laughing gas by Bluejay
They stoked up at dinner, snickering as they packed it in, anticipating. Afterwards, from the next room, groans and guffaws as they let loose Nature’s balloons, untied, flapping around the room.
Is it warmer in here? How can they laugh without breathing?
Eyes burning… All night long, the smell of – Shit! Was that the dog?
Renewed Humanity by Ryankia
Safe within the haven of solitude, they are content, living in a subjective freedom. Protected by the forces in a different realm, they hide yet seen, until the time of liberation. Months of preparation unfolded in hours, the smell of renewed life enters the world, injecting hope and faith into the uncertain world of Humanity.
Crisp Vanilla by Rain
Perfume drifts its way over to me, with nowhere to hide. Whiffs of roses warm my insides.
A crisp vanilla scent melts over me, as a candle burns for nobody but us to see.
A slight smile, a look in your eye.
I’m so happy I could cry.
She by Lubesh
Hunger breathes deeply behind the intricate hemmed dress of rippling vibrancy. She dares to touch, to kiss, knead, needing to surge past. Hesitantly teasing - to and fro. Sprawled, she comes; rolling, wanting and devouring every inch hitherto unexplored, unconquered. Walking barefoot I am the intruder. I can smell the rapture. I can smell the sea.
Your Normal by dearest
Smell of spiky
Taste of blue
Feel of loud
Sound of brackish
Sitting in the grainy with toes burrowed into coolness, I watch swoopings hover above the heavy salt.
The burning glare hums on my skin and from the outside, nothing seems different about me.
I wish I could experience this like you do.
I envy your normal.
Cigarettes and Chanel by jerH
She’d be out all night – Number 5 was reserved for her best customers.
“Mommy’ll be back late!” she called, confirming the perfume’s prediction. “Uncle Charley will look after you.”
Charley was just the latest in a string of “Uncles,” but by far the roughest.
He drew his knees tighter to his chest, damning the tears.
The Smell of Death by king4adaze5
Screams echo throughout my lair,
While smells of death fill the air,
Bodies lie dying on the floor,
Victims of acts I should deplore,
But God help me I feel no remorse,
Inside me is a driving force,
The voices are the manic source.
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3 more days for voting, Folks! It's only 550 words all together, take a minute, read the entries, and vote your little hearts out! We'll love you even more for it!!!
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GO VOTE ON A CHALLENGE OR WE'LL TATTOO THIS ON YOUR FOREHEAD!
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Well, well! Looks like we have two winners this round! Congrats to Lubesh and dearest for their outstanding entries! You are both so good that you scare me a little. I leave it to both of you to colaborate and dream up a new prompt! So git busy, ladies! Shoot me a PM and I'll get 45 going asap. 'Grats again, both very well deserved!
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GO VOTE ON A CHALLENGE OR WE'LL TATTOO THIS ON YOUR FOREHEAD!
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ON YOUR FOREHEAD!
I leave it to both of you to colaborate and dream up a new prompt! So git busy, ladies! 
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