Sixty-five words

Keith's Ramblings

for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt where the given word is Outcry.

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nightmare-pills

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It was bound to cause an outcry, after all, the graveyard was centuries old and the idea of building houses on it divided the community. 

A meeting was held and the proposal was put to the vote, whereupon it marginally won.

The door creaked open, and a column of ashen-faced individuals filed in.

‘We wish to vote’, hissed one.

A year on, the graveyard remains.

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23 thoughts on “Sixty-five words”

  5. Denise May 28, 2022 / 13:20

    About one mile down the road from me is a small area surrounded by a metal fence. ‘Supposedly’ there are a few graves there. No one knows for sure, but the property owner can’t build on it.

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    • Keith's Ramblings May 28, 2022 / 15:43

      How intriguing! Guess you’ll never really know what lies beneath the surface.

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  7. Sunra Rainz May 28, 2022 / 19:35

    What delightful bite-size fiction you have given us here, Keith 🙂 Cause every day’s a good day for a ghost story! 😀

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  11. Bill May 29, 2022 / 11:06

    Nicely done, Keith. One only need see the American supernatural horror film (1982), Poltergeist, to know that this outcome is very much for the best.

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