Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
Ted and Marcy recently moved into their new home. They were anxious to fix up the split-level on a quiet cul-de-sac.
The couple loved the retro look of the house but the wallpaper in the bedroom had to go. Ted googled how to remove wallpaper and they began their work.
After a while, the section Marcy was working on started to fall away, revealing a lovely painting.
“Look at this, Ted. It’s our house!”
“What the…! Those are our cars on the driveway!”
“But that’s not possible, Ted. We just moved in!”
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this, Marcy.”
NAR©2024
100 Words
This is “Our House” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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I bet that was the moment it started pouring with rain! Wonderfully weird!
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I wanted to mention the rain but I used up all my words!
Thanks, Keith.
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A painting of their house! It seems very nice, except for the bit that’s exceptionally creepy. This needs a part two.
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It is exceptionally creepy, isn’t it? Quite a compliment coming from you! Thank you!
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What a huge suspense, Nancy! I want more of this 😄😆
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Thank you, Lamittan. Perhaps this needs a Part 2.
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A creepy little story! Love it 😆 great song, too! 👏 👏 excellent job, Nancy ✨
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Thanks so much, Laura. These short story photo prompts are great fun to do! 😊
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My favorite “Our House”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY
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The reading jury is split on this one, John. Thanks!
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You sure know how to creep me out Nancy! 😂
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Thanks for the excellent compliment, Tiffany! 😂
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Yikes! Chill bumps. 👏🏻
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Yep. I’m right there with ya! 😳
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Wonderful creativity!
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Thank you, Michele! 😊
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I can see it now: ” The Haunting of Marcy.” A ghost painter, leaving his work on the walls of the house during the night. Nice song, Nash wrote it about Joni Mitchell when they were shacked up in Laural Canyon.
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Ah, yes! Nothing like a little gaslighting to put someone over the edge. Very Charles Boyer.
Yep, Joni and her two cats.
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Good one N.!
One of my favorite songs. Merci!
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Prego, cara D! One of mine, too. 🎶
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An eerie little story. And the music with that title was always going to be a choice between CSN&Y or Madness, as Willow has demonstrated!
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Thanks, Clive! I’m still in my CSN&(sometimes)Y frame of mind! 😂
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I prefer that one too. Madness were fun, but not in the same league as CSN&Y!
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Few were! 😎
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Maybe they should have “Knocked Three Times” before buying that house. Don’t ask me why I thought of that song. But I did. 😉
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Don’t ask me either but I thought it was funny! 😂
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lovely story lovely song 💜💜 a perfect fit 💜💜
Heres a very English Our House… Yours is definitely the better fit though for your story.
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This is a fun song, no doubt, and I did think of it but eventually passed it up for CSN&Y.
Thanks for spreading the Madness, Willow! 🤣🤎
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You didn’t use the “Our House” I thought it would be 😄
Very cool tale, Nancy!
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Thanks, Kevin. Nope, I wasn’t feeling the Madness last night. 😁
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Ooh! That’s intriguing
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I’d get out of there ASAP! 😂
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Yup- that’s the safest option
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