Friday, January 25, 2013

Flash Fiction Friday






Beverly stepped to the edge of the embankment.  Icicles loaded the trees, bending them close to the ground.   All around her came the sounds of snapping branches, cracking like whips as the weight of the ice tore them from tree trunks.  She knew it was not safe here but she had no choice.  Tommy had told her he threw the gun into the water right before the ice storm hit last night.  Beverly couldn't believe he had been that stupid.  That gun was the only thing that tied him to the murder and all it took was for one foolish hunter stumbling across it and they would lose everything.

Thirty feet downstream from the old homestead he had said.  Thirty feet to freedom if she could just find the darn thing.  The river was cluttered with ice chunks and debris.  Beverly could only hope the gun hadn't traveled too far downstream from where he threw it in.  She was getting awfully tired of cleaning up his messes.

Placing one boot gingerly on the partial trail leading down to the water's edge, Beverly strained to see if  she could figure out where the gun had gone.  She was just about to take another step when there came a thunderous roar of snapping branches immediately behind her.  Beverly's scream echoed into the cold morning air as her foot slipped on the muddy trail and she fell, tumbling faster and faster toward the water's edge.  If the mangled trees didn't break her decent, she would almost certainly drown in the river unless a miracle happened...


***Now it's your turn.  What happens next?  Do the trees stop Beverly from drowning in the river?  Or does the water seal her fate?  Maybe there is a miracle just around the bend.  Join in the fun with a sentence or a paragraph.  You don't have to run with my flash fiction...if someone else comments and you want to add to their story, then go for it.  Let's see where this picture prompt takes us!***







10 comments:

  1. Tommy stood in shock as the judge read the verdict -- guilty. Not only had they convicted him of the murder of that nosy investigative reporter, they said he killed Beverly. When they found her body in the spring, they thought it was suicide and then discovered the gun under her body with his prints.

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    1. Hi Yolanda and welcome to my blog! What an interesting twist to this story. I wasn't sure how it was going to end and that is certainly one way to handle things...;~)

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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    2. Hi Donna, I love this idea, and had fun participating. Maybe ended the story too soon.

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  2. "OOF!" Beverly grunted as she was stopped by... A hand? And there there he was - a man, dressed in a white jumpsuit had stopped her.

    "Stay with me." Was all he said, and then she was surrounded by many copies of the man, who was standing beside her. "Come on out D! I know you're there!"

    CRASH! and a huge black dragon appeared. Beverly screamed and the man (men?) began to attack it.

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    1. My, my, Erik...now THAT was a surprise I wasn't expecting! You took my little murder mystery and turned it into a fantasy...;~)...good job...

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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    2. The Men in White? The Good Guys.

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  3. Though her eyes were closed a bright light shone through the lids. Slowly her eyes opened and Beverly saw her mother opening the curtains the sunlight behind making her appear as a silhouette. Beverly put a hand up to shield her eyes.
    "You were having a nightmare dear, I told you not to eat cheese before bed!"

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    1. Ohhhh, I LIKE your input JP! I NEVER saw that coming...;~)...good job!

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  4. Beverly fell into the water and grasped at roots on the bank. With two hands firmly on the root she looked up and what made her panic and saw Tommy thrashing against a tree which had uprooted and grabbed him just in time. The tree tipped a branch to the river, and Beverly clambered up ;)

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    1. Hi Catherine! I'm so glad you took a chance and joined the fun!

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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