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.
NAR©2026
100 Words
This is “The Yawning Grave” by Lord Huron
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The Elephant's Trunk 
Oh my gosh! This is so good! Chilling… 😨
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Cue the them to “The Twilight Zone.”
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Oh my, how weird is that?
I’ve not heard the song before, I loke it.
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…like it too!
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😂
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It’s new to me, too. Thanks much, dear Keith.
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Whew! That was an eerie twist!
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IKR?! Here today…..
Thanks, Jodi.
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This is a really great story, Nancy and it makes me wonder where Rebecca went or if you had just time traveled into the past.
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Thanks very much, Jim. It’s been a while since I wrote an open-ended story. They are among my favorite to write and it’s been too long. Whatever happened to Rebecca is for my readers to decide.
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Oh, man…definitely a weird turn.
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For sure! Remind me never to go in the woods with that guy! 😆
Thanks, Lois.
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OMG!
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Creepy, right?! Thanks so much, Di.
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Oh! Creepy!!!
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Bwahahaha!!
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Wow so spooky Nancy and so good 😊
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Thanks very much, Ange. So happy you liked it.
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Very intriguing story- a time wrap?
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One can only imagine, dear Sadje! Thank you.
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Most welcome dear friend
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Wonderfully spooky
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Thanks very much, Neil. I appreciate your spooky comment.
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that was spooky! But so good! ❤
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So glad you like this one, CA. Thank you.
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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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Thanks so much, my friend. I’m delighted to know you enjoyed my story. I was looking for something different and came up with Lord Huron. It’s a good song and so is the one you shared by the Waterboys. 🥰 🎶 ✍🏼
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Always my musical pleasure, Nancy 🎶📖📘😍
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A time warp 💜
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Exactly …. but just a small one due to my lack of sci-fi writing experience! 😆
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💜💜💜💜
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A great story of a time shift and how memory becomes unreliable.
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Thank you James. I am not a sci-fi writer by any stretch and this is about as adventurous as I’ll get in the genre. I’m pleased with the way it came out.
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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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