Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers
This is where the prompt took me.
We stumbled onto the gravel parking lot, exhausted. The weathered kiosk stood like salvation.
“Finally,” Rebecca gasped.
I pressed against the door. Locked. The trail maps were yellowed, dated 2003. Twenty years old.
“That’s weird,” I muttered, squinting at the faded trail markers that didn’t match our memory.
“Maybe we took a wrong turn at…..”
I turned around.
Rebecca was gone.
“Becca?” The parking lot stretched empty. Fresh tire tracks carved through fallen leaves, leading nowhere.
Behind the glass, I noticed something new: a missing persons flyer. My hands trembled as I leaned closer.
The face staring back was Rebecca’s.
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100 Words
This is “The Yawning Grave” by Lord Huron
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The Elephant's Trunk 
Oh, man…definitely a weird turn.
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OMG!
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Oh! Creepy!!!
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Wow so spooky Nancy and so good 😊
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Very intriguing story- a time wrap?
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Wonderfully spooky
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that was spooky! But so good! ❤
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Wow … what a mysterious heart stopping finale, Nancy … and Lord Huron’s song is a great choice …
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A time warp 💜
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A great story of a time shift and how memory becomes unreliable.
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Great twist at the end.I’ve never heard Lord Huron but I really like this song.
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Thanks very much, Ernie. I’m glad you liked the story and the soundtrack. I’ve never heard of Lord Huron either, but I was looking for something different to play and I liked it.
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Good one Nancy, most unexpected ending
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Thank you, Brian. The unexpected ending is known among my WordPress friends as the Sicilian Curveball. 😄
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