Sunday Photo Fiction – May 19, 2019
Photo Credit: Terri Smeigh
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Deserted, Here Too?
(Continued from last week)
By Teresa Smeigh 2019
Myra had promised the twins that they could get food at Wendy’s tonight before the carnival. They piled in the car. Myra had to keep telling them to be quiet.
As she pulled into town, she saw a huge black cloud forming over the area where the Wendy’s was. She didn’t like the look of the cloud as she envisioned a huge storm hitting the area just as they got to the carnival.
She rushed the twins through dinner and then as they headed back to the car, she saw there were no people around at all. The cars on the highway were sitting there empty. She didn’t like this.
She took the twins back inside to use their phone. She wanted to call home and check on her older son. They looked around and all the employees were gone.
Myra headed back to the car and got the twins settled. As she turned around and turned the car on, she saw a small figure with an arrow pointed at her. She quickly accelerated and ran him over. The car was suddenly covered with little men all aiming their arrows at them. She locked the doors.
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Rules from Susan, the host of Sunday Photo Fiction:
Welcome to 2019 and Sunday Photo Fiction! Each week I will post a new photograph, taken either by myself or donated by a member of the community. The challenge is to write a story using 200 words or less based, on the prompt. When you are done, post your story and the photo prompt on your blog. Make sure you give proper credit when using the photo. Use the “Click Here to Enter” icon to add your story to the SPF collection. While you are there, take time to read and comment on some of the other stories. I know you will not be disappointed.
I don’t think the future is very bright here.
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It doesn’t look that way!
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Sounds like the worst kind of nightmare – I was hoping it would end with ‘then she woke up’!
Keith’s Ramblings is but a click away!
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Maybe later she will wake up LOL! Those little guys are in two parts of town so far.
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What a mysterious and creepy turn of events! I was worried enough when everyone else disappeared, but this wasn’t at all what I was expecting — and who would? Interested to see what happens next…
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Thank you! I took that picture and I remember that storm cloud giving me the creeps and when I looked really close I didn’t see anyone and that restaurant is usually busy. It was linked to last weeks.
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I agree, it does look pretty creepy with nobody around — and it would in real life, too!
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Doesn’t it? Of course my imagination runs wild when it sees clouds like that anyhow and then add the area being deserted.
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Imagination running wild is the start of pretty much any great story, I’d say!
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Yes it is. In fact it fit in with last weeks. Not sure about next weeks, but who knows.
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Wow! Creepy and intriguing…
I’ve only recently come back to the Sunday posts and am adding a Friday Foto Flash on my blog. Hope you’ll check it out this Friday and join in!
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Thank you! I don’t take a lot of photos if that is what you are looking for. I just happened to have that photo handy and she was asking for photos. If you are looking for flash fiction that is a possibility if I have the time. Since I started writing my memoirs, my time is limited.
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