A ring of fire engulfed the homestead. The stage was set̶̶—well water long dried up. Whoosh. In minutes winds dispersed charred remains.
One poor soul had perished.
Heavy leather boots trudged away.
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July 21, 2013 at 6:59 pm
You had me thinking that nature, which can be just as ‘cruel’, was the cause. Well done!
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July 22, 2013 at 5:18 pm
Thank you, tomahawk!
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July 21, 2013 at 7:05 pm
Very powerful and descriptive!
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July 22, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Thank YOU, SSM.
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July 21, 2013 at 7:13 pm
It made me sad.
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July 22, 2013 at 5:13 pm
I started this much differently. Sorry to make you sad. It wasn’t on purpose, Colleen.
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July 22, 2013 at 5:22 pm
🙂 I don’t hold you responsible. It was very good. Evoking a response with 100 words or less? I find that amazing.
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July 22, 2013 at 11:02 pm
xxoo
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July 21, 2013 at 7:16 pm
Great work, makes you feel the atmosphere of what happened.
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July 22, 2013 at 5:12 pm
I am very happy if the atmosphere is obvious. Yay and thank you.
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July 21, 2013 at 7:29 pm
Good read… liked the period feel to it all.
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July 22, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Nice to hear you like this, Lane. Thank you.
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July 21, 2013 at 7:50 pm
The instantaneous destruction of a well fed fire. You set the scene well and a great description of what evil can be done with it.
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July 22, 2013 at 4:48 pm
THIS fire wasn’t my initial intention, the opposite actually. Glad you like my attempt.
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July 21, 2013 at 7:55 pm
Wow. I liked the leather boots trudging away. This would’ve been a good one to link to our onomatopiea challenge, too. Thanks for linking up!
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July 22, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Thank you.
Got a nudge from Scriptor Obscura and here I am. thought I’d give it a try.
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July 21, 2013 at 8:55 pm
Yay! 🙂 I see you finally caved in under all my badgering…nah, I kid 😉 and tried Trifecta! This is really good. I liked the hint at the end that it might be arson, with the arsonist’s heavy boots walking away from the scene of the murder. Reminded of something like from the Great Depression, Oklahoma 1930’s Dust Bowl, that kind of thing.
It also reminded me of a really disturbing scene from a TV series, but I’m not sure you’d want me to link the video here. If you want, I can give you the link to the clip on YouTube. Anyway.
Welcome to Trifecta. It wasn’t that bad, eh? 😉
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July 22, 2013 at 4:44 pm
I suppose you enticed me at the right time. Some extra time opened up for me a week ago. I like trying new things even though most of the time I find I’m into too many projects.
Really this reminded you of..as you said? If you have spare time, sure I’d be interested in the Youtube link.
I started out with angel whispers and ended up with an arson and murder. Go figure.
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July 22, 2013 at 7:03 pm
It reminded me of this clip:
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July 22, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Warning: The clip is really *bleeping* disturbing, it makes me feel sick, horrible, physically ill when I watch it, when I even think about it. Its sickening, its absolutely horrific. There’s just no…I just can’t even describe how it makes me feel…Just sickening. That’s why I really hesitated to post it here. I know I’m repeating myself, but it makes me feel horrible even thinking about it, typing this now…Horrific that there’s people like this *bleeping* psychotic inhuman insane psychopath *bleeping* murderer in the clip.
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July 21, 2013 at 9:56 pm
That’s quite sad…
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July 22, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Yes, Draug419. Sorry it’s sad.
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July 21, 2013 at 10:46 pm
interesting
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July 22, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Thanks, Sheila.
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July 22, 2013 at 1:26 am
Oh so is trifecta the name for using three words, the highlighted ones, as a prompt? Absolutley brilliant writing Tess!
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July 22, 2013 at 4:38 pm
I *think* trifecta means 30 (written) + 3 (given words). The story must be no less than 33 up to 333 words. I’m new here so not quite clear. Glad you liked my attempt.
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July 22, 2013 at 7:23 am
Well crafted Tess. I like the three word use.
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July 22, 2013 at 5:01 pm
I started with angels and ended up with an arsonist. Huh! Thanks for liking this attempt, Valentine.
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July 22, 2013 at 1:57 pm
Well done! Great opening line. 🙂
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July 22, 2013 at 4:59 pm
Thanks, Paulette.
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July 25, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Cruel and capricious nature.
Well written Tess!
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July 25, 2013 at 4:10 pm
You’re too easy to please. Thank you, Ghia.
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July 25, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Nasty!
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