This is my entry into this week’s Mondays finish the story. In this challenge you are given a photo and the first line of the story and asked to complete it within 100 to 150 words.
The picture that we were given is:
And, the first line was, ‘not knowing what to expect, he made his way into the dark of the forest.’
My entry (below) is exactly 100 words, not including that first line.
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Not knowing what to expect, he made his way into the dark of the forest. Inside, he was seething, because some child, probably his, had decided to scream the word ‘help’ from the forest. The barbecue was ruined, as far as Dave was concerned, because he was no longer cooking on it. Instead, he had been sent to find out why they had heard a scream.
He fully expected to find that some child, again, probably his, was going to be laughing at him. However, when he found the source of the cry, he knew it was definitely not his child.
In fact, it was not even a child to begin with.
Dave hastily retreated.
Ohhhh creepy good! Too bad the BBQ was ruined! But then, again, they may need to get the hell outta there! LOL!
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Very true. They may need to follow Dave’s lead and make that hasty retreat! Thank you for reading and commenting 🙂
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Oh creepy! Tell us more!
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Some things are best left to the imagination 🙂 in other words, I have nothing! LOL! Thanks for reading, and commenting 🙂
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You can be so cruel Angie lol!
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LOL, I try 🙂
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Yikes! Good one!
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Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Yep-my imagination is conjuring up all kinds of evil. Like the way you left it unsaid.
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Hehe, glad I got your imagination going! Thanks for reading.
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Very good. I thought this guy looked like a weekend warrior. I like your take on the prompt.
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🙂 Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed it!
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Very eerie. The mystery of what the child-thing was works really well. Because you didn’t spell it out, my imagination is trying to fill in the blanks.
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Called making the reader work, haha! Thanks for reading.
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Good one Angie, and of course we would like to know what it is…well done in leading me to that point….enjoyed your tale…
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Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading.
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I have to agree with Graham. Give me more Angie! Thank you for adding a story to the Mondays Finish the Story challenge and be well… ^..^
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Maybe one day, and my pleasure. Thanks for reading.
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🙂
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Love the irritated suspense and then the twist!
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😀 thanks for reading.
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Great take on the prompt. I like the twist at the end, although we don’t know what he found.
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Not sure he knows what he found! Thanks for reading.
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A great story, Angie. 🙂 Wonderfully creepy. I love the open ending!
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I like the idea of people wondering just what it was the might have seen, I think there imagination will probably do better than I could! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Oh! Good and creepy. 🙂
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Thanks for reading, and commenting. Glad you liked it.
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