I wrote this for the December 13th Flash Fiction Challenge
Seems that Cora was laid to rest that day at Mountain View Cemetery next to her husband, John Blackwell Holman.
She was buried with a photograph and a tattered wedding invitation. The photo showed a smiling young miner. Penned on the back of the photo in a woman’s hand: the name John Y and a date – September 1892. The invitation was hand printed:
Cora Kingston
and
John Yendow
REQUEST THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE
AT THEIR MARRIAGE
ON SATURDAY, 9TH OF JUNE, 1892
AT 2 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
OUR LADY OF IMMACULATE CONSUMPTION CHURCH
CAT HARBOR, MICHIGAN
The prompt and instructions were:
In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about Cora Kingston. You can answer any of the questions history obscures or completely make up a Cora Kingston story. Go where the prompt (and the name) leads you.
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Dear John… this opens up whole other stories about the second John being second choice.
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Right?
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Which makes it poignant for Cora and the second John.
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Lovely and sad interpretation.
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That Mountview Cemetery is a busy place 😉
Great job of capturing a whole lot of story in just a few words.
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The cemetery name was perfect – I couldn’t help myself.
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And, it’s fashioned on an actual Mountain View Cemetery, as a matter of fact (in Auburn WA. The picture says it all: https://media.superpages.com/media/photos/9296/afb0/6c06/a676/dd98/2d63/003e/d00d/image/9296afb06c06a676dd982d63003ed00d.jpeg)
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Looks pretty peaceful. Looks aptly named.
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I don’t know anyone buried there, but I do know the place. Oh, yes, of course, there’s a bit of a story, nothing too interesting, but that’ll just have to suffice!
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I can respect that. Thanks for the picture.
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Most excellent..answering some questions and creating some more. ~nan
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Nice response.
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