π Nancy is a storyteller, music blogger, humorist, poet, curveballer, noir dreamer π
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word βpetβ. Hereβs my take.
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #389
incorporating the word βhunterβ in exactly 99 words.
Also responding to Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge (βduplicityβ) and Sue & Gerryβs
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge (βmethodβ).
For further inspiration, I am using one of the amazing
graphic prompts created by Kevin at No Theme Thursday.
Here is my 99 word flash.
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle 665
where we are to turn the word salad shown below
into a story or poem. Here is my story.
SHADOW MAN
It was a sense rather than actually seeing β¦ his unmistakable silhouette inching closer to the back of my room. I used to have dreams where I would find myself stuck in a deep well and I would call out to anyone up on the surface for help. He would run to the well and drop a rope over the edge. I would climb up, elated to be rescued! My windswept hair was in a tangle and I reached out to pull him closer, to have him take me into his arms and trail warm kisses down my neck … but he was only a shadow and not a real man. I would awaken, saddened by the thought that my dreams would never come true. But tonight, as I recline on my bed tracing sketches of him on the sheet with my finger, I feel his presence in flesh and blood; I am eager to embrace my mysterious shadow man.
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This is βGolden Yearsβ by David Bowie
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