The Tree Where The Elves Live

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PHOTO PROMPT © Fleur Lind

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“It’s just a fake door, Jillian. Elves don’t really live in the tree.” Ten-year-old Sam strode towards the trunk.

“Don’t,” the eight-year-old girl cried. “If they get mad, they’ll cast a spell on us.” She ran to her brother and grabbed his arm.

He shook her off. “Watch this.” Sam gripped the knob and pulled away the little door exposing only bark. “See?”

“You’re no fun,” Jill pouted.

“Let’s go get an ice cream,” Sam offered.

After the kids marched off, the knothole popped open. Two elves poked their heads out of the window. Pip asked, “Are they gone yet?”

It’s Wednesday and once again time to participate in Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ 26 April 2024 edition of Friday Fictioneers. The idea is to use the image above as the prompt for crafting a poem or short story no more than 100 words long. My word count is exactly 100.

This one was pretty easy since the wee door at the base of the tree conjures up the idea that something special is living inside. Jill and Sam popped up in my imagination and the rest was a matter of editing.

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

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Promotional image by “Starry Eyed Press.”

I added to my announcement of the publication of the start of my 16 chapter story based on the old “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet” TV show.

Each new episode drops on Saturday and the first two of them are already available. Having tested the link both on my PC and my Kindle Fire tablet, I can get to and read each chapter FOR FREE! So can you.

Please support your friendly neighborhood indie SciFi author by reading the chapters, press the “like” or “thumbs up” button (if you like what you read) for each individual “episode” and don’t forget to leave a comment for each chapter.

Last Saturday, Episode 3: “The Secret Passenger” dropped adding to the mystery.

Visit Our Legacy, The Stars: A Tom Corbett Adventure and start having fun.

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