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The elementary school on Urban Street had been abandoned ever since the fire gutted it. The city finally budgeted the money to tear it down. Twenty-four boys and girls lost their lives in that fire. The building’s destruction might bring some closure to their families.
Frank Hurley had retired as Fire Chief last year. He had been in charge of containing the three alarm inferno. His crew were called heroes for saving over two hundred children, but the screams of the twenty-four they couldn’t save haunted Frank every night.
He was inside the school now, but instead of silence, he heard children laughing and running. They were all still here, separated from the living, perpetually playing with the dead.
He had to stop the demolition tomorrow. He’d failed to save their lives five years ago. He wasn’t going to be a party of destroying the only home they had left.
I wrote this flash fiction story in response to a photo prompt provided by What Pegman Saw. The word count limit is 150, and my piece is exactly that.
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Dear James.
That was just a little on this side of creepy. Imaginative…but creepy. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ghost stories are supposed to be creepy, so thank you.
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very creative and a little spooky – but nice – and fit the vibe of this old building (which I guess is now a social services building)
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Hi prior. Yes, ghost stories are kind of creepy, but this one had a point. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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🙂
and a point makes it rich…
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Goosebumps! (the first sign of a well-told ghost story) Nicely done.
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Thanks for having goosebumps. 😉
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Very well done. I can feel his guilt, mixed with the sense to save the building so the ghosts have a place to live. Creepily well done.
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Thanks, Alicia.
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Yes, James, creepy but well written.
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Thanks, Neel.
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Ouuuu, shivers me spine it do! Love the story. Having worked in fire/rescue for many years, I can identify with it all too well.
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Thank you. My Dad was a firefighter in the Air Force for many years.
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