99 words…one’s gone missing!

Keith's Ramblings

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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

36 thoughts on “99 words…one’s gone missing!”

  6. Dale's avatar Dale Dec 18, 2024 / 17:05

    Oh dear. Yet another room I must avoid at all costs! Fabulous and ominous… just what the hell went on in Norway?

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  9. CGraith's avatar CGraith Dec 18, 2024 / 22:52

    something bad is about to happen!

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  12. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli Dec 19, 2024 / 01:39

    Keith, I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw the photo as menacing. I hope it was just a dream…

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  13. rochellewisoff's avatar rochellewisoff Dec 19, 2024 / 12:37

    Dear Keith,

    Tik Tok, what a grim and foreboding story. Well done.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  15. Bon Lee's avatar Bon Lee Dec 19, 2024 / 14:30

    WOW! This is so like Edgar Allen Poe’s “Pit and Pendulum”… Loved it!

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  18. Sandra's avatar Sandra Dec 22, 2024 / 10:21

    There was a captivating rhythm to this. Loved it!

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