PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

Sid didn’t know what made him pull off the interstate and drive into that little no-name town. It had only one main street not long enough for a traffic light. He passed a diner offering big burgers and parked in front of a curio shop.

The little bell rang over the door as he tromped in still not understanding why he was there. An old woman greeted him.

“What you are looking for is by the window.”

“Doll heads?” he murmured feeling scared.

The voices of all the children the serial killer had murdered shrieked his name stopping his heart.

It’s Wednesday and time again to participate in this week’s edition of Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ 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.

Cover image for my novel “A Wobblegong and His Boy”

I hadn’t intended on continuing with this macabre theme, but seeing the doll heads made it seem inevitable. If we consider television series such as “The Twilight Zone,” “Journey Into The Unknown,” and “Night Gallery,” then we understand that sometimes justice, if not found through more conventional means, comes from unexpected and even horrific corners of the universe.

To read other stories based on the prompt or to offer one of your own, go to inlinkz.

My YA science fiction novel A Wobblegong And His Boy is part of a collection of novels written specifically for boys who want to read adventures crafted especially for them. That doesn’t mean my story isn’t a great read for everyone else so give it a whirl. Don’t forget to leave an honest review at Amazon and Goodreads.

The fantasy anthology Fantastic Schools, Volume 13 is now available featuring my supernatural short story “The Battle of New Stains Castle.”

As the Second Dragon War reaches its climax, two sorceresses and a soldier must face a necromancer and his minions in the ruins of a Scottish castle in the midst of a reality gone mad.

Happy Wednesday.