Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. This is a weekly writing exercise where you, use up to 100 words (no more) to write a complete story based on a photo prompt. This week’s photo is from Sarah Potter. Thanks, Sarah. I had great fun with this one. If you want to read more stories (or do one of your own) click here –> More Stories <– The entire shingding is hosted by Rochelle.
Welcome to My Parlor – Word Count 100 By Scott L Vannatter
George really liked, maybe loved, Sarah. So, when she called him over to see the new spider “home” because he was a “web” designer, he rushed to her place. Sure enough, it was an amazing web, in the kitchen, quite large and looking out-of-place.
“You should see the one in my bedroom,” Sarah said behind him.
George turned to smile at the innuendo and started screaming. There was Sarah, six extra furry arms, sticking out from her back.
She used four of them to pick George up like he was nothing. A spider’s mouth spoke to him.
“My children are…hungry.”
Namaste,
Scott
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So scary. Nicely written.
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Spiders are easy to get scary about, I think.
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Oh dear, the spider is called Sarah. Honest, Scott, that spider in the picture prompt isn’t me! I mean my husband couldn’t have taken the photo if I’d eaten him. On the other hand, he did wait until after I’d had my dinner to get the camera out!
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Didn’t even think that. lol. Sarah happens to be one of my favorite names.
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I’ve always been happy with my name being Sarah 🙂
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Beautiful name…
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Because he was a web designer – that is really original. Fun fun story.
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Glad you liked it.
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Good grief. Horror, indeed. Poor George.
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Yep, especially if you remember that spiders don’t kill their food; they wrap and save it for later…
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Ugh.But I guess we do the same, only our meat is already dead when we wrap it up 🙂
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True!
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That ‘Namaste’ at the end is ominous.
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It wasn’t meant to be. I usually end mine with that. Namaste, means “The God in me honors the God in you.”
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George for dinner – tasty! Nice one.
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🙂
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Terrifying but amazing story, and great pun (because he was a “web” designer :P)
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Love puns. May be lowest form of humor, but Shakespeare used em.
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Yikes! Surprise!
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Indeed!
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Aaarggh! What a horrific way for him to go!
Good storytelling.
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I guess her love was enough to “consume” him.
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Eek!
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I get that a lot!
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Gives another meaning to the phrase Black Widow 🙂
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Yes, I suppose it does!
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I enjoyed this. We obviously share a macabre way of looking at innocent photos!
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Innocent???!!! lol
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Dear Scott,
Yikes! The carnivorous spiders are out in force this week. Scary. Creepy. Good story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I noticed that when I was reading.
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My story almost went this way, but yours is better 🙂
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Different is good!
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George sounds like a real hunk… of food.
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I think a main dish.
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The idea of a spider big enough to eat a human is bad enough, but a spider that big who can also shape-shift? EEEEEK!
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True! I thought the meek inherits the earth; perhaps, it is the EEK!
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Fat lot of good being a web-designer did him, when he could not gauge her designs on himself 🙂
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True. It appears he was not a good trouble-shooter.
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Superbly written.
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Thank you. I liked yours as well. Great introspection.
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Well she sure lured him in… didn’t stand a chance!
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Women can do that to us poor, stupid men! lol
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Well… not all women and not all men….
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🙂
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So I guess she “eight” him? Seems she was a Black Widow all along. Great story! I loved the puns.
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lol, glad you did.
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Creepy! And I personally love spiders, so this story devastates me. JK. 😉
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Well, then, they might not eat you.
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Eek! Another spider eating humans story.
Susan A Eames at
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What did you expect? Spiders are the stuff horror is made of…look at Sammy Terry!
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I’m starting to get really paranoid about all these terrifying human killing spiders!
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Well, you should kill some spiders and smear their crushed bodies on your skin so they won’t think you are human…worked on TWD!
Scott
Mine: https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/welcome-to-my-parlor/
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No thanks!
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Just a “thought”
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Children always come first… reminds me of Aragog.
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Lol, if you say so…
Scott
Mine: https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/welcome-to-my-parlor/
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In issue #100 of the Amazing Spider-Man comic book published decades ago, Peter decided he wanted to marry his girlfriend Gwen but he knew his Spider-Man identity and powers would get in the way. So he concocted a formula to take away his powers.
It backfired and he grew four extra (human looking) arms. Oops (don’t worry, he found a way to get rid of them again).
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Unfortunately for my age…I remember that issue being published!
Scott
Mine: https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/welcome-to-my-parlor/
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Me, too. I was in high school: http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_100
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Sounds about right.
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