FF: Safari Gone Awry

Friday Fictioneers

Copyright – EL Appleby

Five-year-old Katie was so excited about her summer vacation on safari with her parents. She loved all kinds of animals and even liked to hold the snakes at the petting zoo. Two weeks prior to the trip, her father broke his leg and had to be in a cast for two months. 

To make up for having to wait another year for her safari, Katie’s father had a specially made stuffed animal representing as many safari animals as possible ordered as a gift. Katie was thrilled with her present and looked forward to the real vacation when she was six. 

Words: 100

Darkness Hides Within

Friday Fictioneers

Write 100 words using the photo prompt as inspiration:

© Kent Bonham

She knew exactly where the clandestine meeting was being held. The wealthiest of the wealthy met each year to discuss their evil goals for Earth’s fate. She had long awaited the day when she would get her revenge and had paid dearly for the location.

Those who thrived on war, oil, and status while keeping the lower and middle classes forever struggling would finally meet their fate. Even if they had replacements, she would dedicate her life to making sure “they” knew their secrets were no longer safe. She held the detonation button watching the second hand of the clock.

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Empty Nest

Friday Fictioneers - April 19

Write 100 words using the photo as a prompt:

It was the last thing he had done for her. She was so afraid of the hornets that had made a nest near the back door onto the deck. Her loving husband abandoned his television golf tournament at sunset to kill the nest. He knocked it off the underside of the deck railing before leaving for work the next day.

A phone call told her of the tractor trailer that plowed directly into the driver's side of her husband's car. Funny how, on the anniversary of his death, she found the deserted hornets' nest. Perhaps it was a special sign.

This Gnarly Old Tree

Friday Fictioneers

Write a 100-word story inspired by the photo.

From Scott Vanatter with permission-Copyright- Indira

This tree on this beautiful early Spring day when its leaves were just beginning to bloom was the perfect place. She sat down facing the sun with her back against her tree—her tree of solace and wisdom where she could feel its energy pulsate into her being.

Mostly she remembered this gnarly old tree, alone on the empty hillside, for the times they had strolled together to sit beneath it and speak of their lives together.

His death had been a shock.  Her wish had been to die before him. But now, on this day, sitting beneath this tree, she would join him forever.