NFFD 2019: Prompt 10

Cityscape

Write a story that responds in some way to the picture above.

Optional Challenge — incorporate the following five words: nuance, lift, door, lilt, zinc.

(Yes, you can use variations of these words or use the words as parts of compound words or phrases; lilting, lift-off, doorway, etc. are all fine.)

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This cityscape of Coventry is the third of six images created by Jeanette Sheppard, the National Flash Fiction Day Artist in Residence that feature in the 2019 National Flash Fiction Day Write-In.