We’re Not As Alone As You Think

resized rooftop garden

PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox

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She was alone in the deserted park two blocks from home when she heard his breathing. It was too late to run. Rough hands grabbed her from behind. Instead of screaming, she whirled around in his grip and exposed her vampire’s fangs.

“What? You too?” Nigel retracted his fangs and stood back looking disappointed.

“Oh darn.” The voice came from their right and a slender, dark-haired vamp in goth black appeared.

One by one, they emerged looking rather sheepish.

Desiree, also known as “shortcut girl,” said, “If a real person comes along, I’ve got dibs.” Naturally they all started arguing.

It’s Wednesday and once again time to participate in Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ 14 June 2024 edition of Friday Fictioneers. The idea is to use the image at the top as a prompt for crafting a poem or short story no more than 100 words long. My word count is exactly 100.

The first thing I saw in the photo was a walkway through a deserted park at night (how was I to know it was a rooftop garden?). Naturally visions of a serial killer preying on lone women popped into my head, but that’s too easy. A predator who attacks another predator? It’s been done. How about a park with nothing but predators and no prey? I guess there are too few hunting grounds for them all.

To read other stories based on the prompt, visit inlinkz.

My science fiction serial Our Legacy, The Stars: A Tom Corbett Adventure is heating up in episode 10: “Barnard’s Star.” The hunt for their hidden enemy isn’t going well as the Polaris journeys even further away from Earth. Is one of the crew deliberately leading them into a trap?

Read all to currently published episodes in the 16-part series for FREE! Don’t forget to click “like” and “subscribe” and to leave a comment on each of the chapters.

Also, this coming Friday the 14th visit High Tower Magazine and read my short story: “The Last Oasis of Mars: From the Tales of the Razzle Dazzle.”

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