Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
The heavy steel bar wedged beneath the brass doorknob was Harry’s only real shield against the dangers of his run-down neighborhood. Ever since the door of the apartment down the hall had been violently kicked, the quiet sanctuary of his home felt compromised. He could still hear the echoes of his neighbor’s muffled screams and the heavy footsteps of the intruder fleeing into the dark. Setting the brace into place with a heavy thud, Harry stared at the door, his hands trembling. Every sudden creak of the building’s floorboards now made him freeze, terrified that his door would be next.
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100 Words
This is “Intruder” by Peter Gabriel
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