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# Lorraine.
- URL: https://www.writingintheshadows.com/lorraine/
- Published: 2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-05T11:39:57.000Z
- Author: Ken Preston
- Tags: Flash Fiction

*A Short Story.*

His name was scrawled on the envelope. He ripped it open, his fingers trembling with anticipation, and pulled out an old, creased photograph.

Was this somebody’s idea of a joke?

Well he wasn’t laughing.

He turned it over.

There was a name written on the back.

He was laughing now.