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For Rochelle’ s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt.
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‘’Come here’, called a voice from nowhere. ‘Come here’.
He looked around. Nobody.
Tick-tock went the clock. Tick-tock, louder. Tick-tock it echoed.
He glanced up. The chandelier swayed. A little at first, then more. Then more and more and more.
This way and that. That way and this.
Tick-tock, this way and that. Tick-tock, that way and this.
‘’Come here’.
Tick-tock. This way and that.
‘’Come here’.
One by one the lights went out. One by one, darker and darker.
Tick-tock, this way and that, ‘come here’, darker and darker.
Sudden darkness. Sudden silence.
Total silence. Total darkness.
The end.
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Prod Froggie to visit the squares.
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PHOTO PROMPT ©Sandra Crook
that’s quite a ceiling and eeek!
Sure is! Thanks, Beth.
The repitition is wonderfully ominous
Thanks so much, Neil.
An eerie story.
It gave me the creeps writing it!
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It looks hungry.
That’s true! Cheers, James.
And he fell down the rabbit hole. Should have ticked or tocked one last time. 99 is an unlucky number.
I suspect you are right Christine, I’d add a tick if I could find one!
Oh dear. Yet another room I must avoid at all costs! Fabulous and ominous… just what the hell went on in Norway?
I keep asking myself the same question, Dale!
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Creepy!
Just a bit! Cheers, Di!
Wow, good one Keith very spooky!
Thanks, Suzette!
something bad is about to happen!
No doubt about that!
Very spooky, very ominous and very good, dear Keith!
I’m not entirely sure where it came from, Nancy!
Sounds like he obeyed the voice whether he wanted to or not.
Sadly so!
Keith, I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw the photo as menacing. I hope it was just a dream…
I hope so too, Lisa!
Dear Keith,
Tik Tok, what a grim and foreboding story. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks, Rochelle, I hope I didn’t frighten you!!!
Spooky
WOW! This is so like Edgar Allen Poe’s “Pit and Pendulum”… Loved it!
That hadn’t occured to me! Thanks so much.
I didn’t see the clock. Great tension builder Mr Hitchcock.
Nor did I but I heard it! Thank you, kind sir!
nice suspense….curious what happens next…
Me too! Thanks so much, Nandina.
There was a captivating rhythm to this. Loved it!