Lillie McFerrin’s “Five Sentence Fiction” project is a stellar weekly writing prompt. It’s been months since I’ve done one of these, so I’m thrilled to be back in the flow. Here goes.
Malice
Cain cultivated the land, watched life flowing upward, gathered a portion of the crop’s yield, and offered it to God. Yet God was displeased and told him, “Your brother, Abel, has given me his best and most precious sheep while you have given me flowers and weeds, wheat and tares alike.”
As the sun set that night, Cain took his brother into the field and raised the bone cudgel high. When Abel cried out and asked what he had done to earn this malice, Cain wept and said, “You are precious to me.” He brought the cudgel down fast as tears scattered from his eyes, knowing that God demanded a sacrifice of that which was held most dear.
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