The Borrowers
I tracked them carefully
through the darkened house.
They almost escaped;
but tequila has a way of smoothing out all unreality. So when they shimmered
and turned into the painting, my
befuddled mind recalled the contents of half forgotten bedside tales and fixed
my eyes on the point.
There! Resting
my head against the canvas I saw them. They had stolen from me again. Enough! Deal with them. Grandma taught me how.
I transformed myself
and entered the scene with them.
They looked up, scattering
frantically as the shadow of my chosen avatar fell across them.
“Nevermore!” I cawed angrily.
100 Words
@nickjohns999This was my entry to Angela's Triple Visual Dare #4
tequila has a way of smoothing out all unreality
ReplyDeleteGreat line. I had to read it three times to catch the "un-." Actually not sure which way works better.
A bit reminiscent of Charles Delint.
Well done.
JzB
Thanks!
DeleteIt just sneaked in there from one of my more annoying conversational non-sequiters 'Tequila'll do that to you"
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LOVE THIS. All three prompts, juxtaposed against the literary pun of the title, AND a tip of the hat to my favorite short story author ever. So much pressed into 100 words, and fittingly so. Well done!
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DeleteLoved the prompt photos. Thank you.
Not been able to squeeze in much writing recently - (new job), so I have been going mad today, the three photo challenge was just what I needed to jump start me again; then rushed off to add a few daft twitter fics!
Bizarre and wonderful. Great work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharry. Glad you enjoyed it!
DeleteLove it! Greatly looking forward to your next story and CONGRATS on your new job. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Alex. Having seem your entry for this prompt, it seems that we both mine a vein of weirdness!
ReplyDeleteWow, so well done. I'm in awe (or caw)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bjorn!
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