Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge using the prompt word
“hang”. The amazing graphic shown below
is by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday. This is my flash.
“You failed me once, Saran, when you allowed the enemy to sneak in under cover of darkness and abduct my child. You have one chance to redeem yourself.” The Mongol queen’s horse snorted and pranced anxiously sensing his master’s anger. “General Saran! You have your orders!” the warrior queen declared, eyes blazing. “Return with my daughter, alive and unharmed. If you fail, your wife and children will hang!”
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This is “Song of Women” by The Hu feat. Lzzy Hale
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Absolutely killer, Nancy.
Awesome write. Very happy to see you at NTT station again. 😊
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Happy to be here and to see you again, Kevin. I couldn’t pass up this warrior queen, now could I? Great image – Thanks! ☺️
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I’m glad you liked it. 😊
I was rather proud of that one myself. Not too shabby, I suppose. 🤷♂️
I’m trying to get back into the groove, just been slow going.
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Just gotta let it happen. Nothing worse than forced fun!
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No, it truly is like torture. I’d rather be bored in that case, honestly.
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The Hu! Oh, yeah!
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These guys are great!
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I hope the kidnapper is punished and the general and his family are spared.
Thank you for sharing your flash fiction with our challenge – Nice one, Nancy!
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That would be a relief for everyone!
I always enjoy the challenges from you and Gerry, Sue. Thank you both very much!
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She is not to be messed with!
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Nope! She means business!
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My kinda gal 😉
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That’s telling ’em!
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It’s called ‘incentive’.
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A wonderful story and the video is superb! 💜💜
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Thanks, Willow. That song came on while listening to The Hu and it was the perfect gift. So glad you liked both the story and the song.
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absolutely Sis 💜
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One tough woman!
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In a man’s world, she has to be! Thanks, Esther.
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Lizzy Hale is a fantastic addition to The Hu and now I am going to be humming for the rest of the day.
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HU! HU! HU! HU!
She’s great on this song which was perfect for my story. So glad you enjoyed it, Jim. Thanks!
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I’d listen to her!
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Good idea!
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A great story, Nancy, and as for the song: Wow! I love The Hu and have played them a few times on my blog, but didn’t know of Lzzy Hale before she did this one with them. Incredibly powerful, playing the role of the Mongol Queen to perfection.
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So glad you liked both story and song, Clive. I also love The Hu and came across this song with Lzzy quite randomly while listening to my Hu playlist. As soon as I heard her voice, I jumped up, shouted “тэднийг өндөрт өлгө” (which is Mongolian for “hang ’em high!”), and the rest is history. 😂
баярлалаа! ☺️
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Та тавтай морил
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👍🏼 ☺️
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Great story, so much drama in so few words! Perfect song choice too.
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Thanks, Sweets! The story was even shorter at first. Then I heard the song and got a bit carried away. It happens!
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A wonderfully imaginative interpretation of the prompts, Nancy … and yes, I have song by ‘The Hu’ in my music library … and their song here, is a perfect choice ….
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Excellent! Thank you, dear Ivor! 🎶🖤
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You’re very welcome, Nancy 😍🌏📖
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