And the Sea Shall Claim Her Dead

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PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot

“We came to take nuclear torpedoes from an old submarine, not hunt for ghosts.” Simon, in the pilot’s seat of the deep-sea submersible, sounded almost panicked rather than his usual assured self.

“I can’t help that,” yelled Cora at the hydrophones. The banging I hear from the inside of that sub is an SOS. Someone’s still alive in there.”

“That’s bloody impossible,” snarled Vic. He was working the manipulators trying to free the first torpedo. “We’re 10,000 feet deep and that sub sank 60 years ago.”

“Tell that to them,” Cora shrieked. Then the sea’s dead came for the pirates.

It’s Wednesday and time once again to participate in Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ 23 May 2025 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.

At first glance, this seemed to be another of Roger’s Brooklyn Bridge photos, however a Google image search returned a number of “ghost” related pictures.

Since my current WIP is a ghost story involving a submarine, I decided to write a more figurative interpretation of the image. So far, the story’s been a blast to write.

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

My crime noir short story “Last Wish of a Dead Man” is now available in the Raconteur Press anthology Dames, Derringers and Detectives: Moggie Noir. The story requirements included a hard-boiled detective, a murder, and especially a cat. The third in my “Margie Potter: Haunted Detective” series made the cut.

Also, my horror short story “Haunting Chloe” is now available in the ghost story anthology Haunted Places (universal link) by Blackbird Publishing. Pick up a copy of each, give them a read, and don’t forget to leave honest reviews at Amazon and Goodreads.

29 thoughts on “And the Sea Shall Claim Her Dead”

    • I’m starting to edit the first draft. Work is slow as we have both granddaughters during the day this week. The older one broke her foot Monday evening and Tuesday morning, she tripped at school. She’s doing better, but we decided to not tempt fate and are keeping her with u when her folks are at work.

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  9. I felt like I was right there and could here the noises from

    the ghost from 60 years ago ….

    also- good luck with your ghost story involving a submarine– good topic

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