Well, Rochelle brings us Friday Fictioneers again. My contribution is below the prompt. For the rest > Here < Enjoy!!!
Source: PHOTO PROMPT Copyright – Marie Gail Stratford
“Very Apro-Poe”
By Scott L Vannatter – 100 Words
Marie opened her eyes and they widened, screaming where her taped mouth could not.
She was bound to a pole behind the wine bottles in their basement. Her husband was hastily
putting up a brick wall in front of the wine rack, sealing her inside with the bottles.
She struggled, then, looking down, giggled a little crazily. Irony was, after all, something to laugh at.
There, on the floor, was the last present she had bought him: a leather-bound copy, opened and flipped to show the illustrations of two stories. They were “The Black Cat” and “The Cask of Amontillado.”
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Namaste,
Scott
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Yikes! Maybe she should have bought a book about Houdini! Well done.
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Now,that’s out-of-the-box thinking!
Way to go.
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Dear Scott, Love the Poe references, I wonder if Pluto will sneak out of the book and bite him. I liked that you took it from her point of view instead of the murderers, but then the books/presents didn’t inspire a favorable outcome. (I didn’t get the impression she wanted be sealed away.) Excellent write. I enjoyed it very much. LHN
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I am very pleased you liked it. Yeah, I kinda doubt she liked that part either. It might have been different if her name had been Lenora, but alas…
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She might as well have a crazy little giggle while her eyes are screaming. I wonder how long the brickwork will take? Maybe she can come up with something in time. Well done.
Marg
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If she’s OCD like I was before my stroke, well, I would have been counting the bricks!
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Loved The Cask of the Amontillado…. I sensed it even before you mentioned it! She should have put more thought into that gift!
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Yep! A leather-bound copy of a classic! How crude!
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loved the reference to “The Black Cat” and “The Cask of Amontillado”. 🙂
clever tale.
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That means a lot to me coming from you!
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Very clever. Next xmas I’m giving blank writing paper.
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ow, let them write it out first! Good idea! I think…
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Dear Scott,
Guess you could say their relationship has hit the wall. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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punny, very punny!
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Dear Scott,
I’m glad she can still appreciate a good gift. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
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Lol, now that is good!
Thanks for the smile!
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Guess she should have bought a sloppy romance instead. I like your use of title, Scott. 🙂
janet
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Thank you!
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The cask of Amontillado I had read.. but the Black Cat I never read. It’s not a good idea to put ideas in the head of a murderous man..
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True…read “The Black Cat”!
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I haven’t read those stories, so the irony is a little lost on me. Although i imagine they have to do with the scene being played out.
But I hope, no matter what, it is only a scene – like an s/m game being played out between husband and wife…
I suspect maybe not though… Randy
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Now, what fun would that really be?
Truth is, I was going for the “wife had and affair, and…” scenario but could not do it justice in 100 words. That would have also played well into the “Cask” reference.
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