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Prompt this week is the picture below + 100 words
Prompt: (Photo credit: Thomas Zimmerman)
Tornado
Jake gawked over a shoulder and grasped his grown son’s arm. After the suffocating hush, the rumble unsettled him. The funnel growled towards them—furious, voracious, writhing.
He hollered above the roar not unlike a jet engine. “We need a hole, a ditch…” Will scanned the field and pointed to the shack. “No.”
“…no choice, Dad.” They hit the ground and crawled, grasping dirt and weeds, battling the force of the punishing wind. “Root cellar!”
Wind whooshed through the matchstick structure. “Ewe.” Will puked. “What died in here?”
“Tuck facedown into the wall, son. Cover your head.”
* * *
“You okay, Will?”
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June 23, 2015 at 6:26 pm
I can only imagine how awful that would be. there’s no escape.
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June 23, 2015 at 6:33 pm
Scary. this was great.
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June 23, 2015 at 6:55 pm
Reblogged this on Barrow Blogs: .
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June 23, 2015 at 7:03 pm
Judith. You do me a great honor. Thanks a million. ❤
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June 24, 2015 at 11:37 am
LOve these – and often ‘steal’ them for my classes. So thank you, Tess
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June 23, 2015 at 7:36 pm
I fear Will might not be ok.
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June 23, 2015 at 8:04 pm
That’s what I’m thinking, too.
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June 23, 2015 at 9:11 pm
What a prompt! What a story!
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June 24, 2015 at 1:24 am
I’m CERTAIN Will died in there, very dark Tess, excellent!
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June 24, 2015 at 3:52 am
I could hear that tornado as I read the story. Nicely put together Tess. I fear for poor Will though.
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June 24, 2015 at 6:55 am
Thank YOU, Hugh.I fear for him as well.
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June 24, 2015 at 3:55 am
great subject.. and scary.. next?
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June 24, 2015 at 5:40 am
You weave huge stories in minimal words. Excellent Tess.
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June 24, 2015 at 11:57 am
Very scary, there’s no escape from the force of nature.
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June 24, 2015 at 12:39 pm
On my! Too close to life. Yesterday at about 5:45 PM, I got an alert on my cell phone saying there was a tornado warning and to take cover. First time I ever got one of those. Very scary!
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June 24, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Dangit! Why can this be a 150-word challenge? I wanna know if Will is OK!
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June 24, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Looks like these thinks are more deadly than hurricanes.
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June 24, 2015 at 3:22 pm
Oh I don’t think it is going to end well for poor old Will in that rundown old shack. Great story Tess. 🙂
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June 24, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Good descriptive words! I’m actually curious as to what did “die in here”.
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June 24, 2015 at 6:14 pm
Great story. You left us with 2 mysteries. I love a good mystery.
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June 25, 2015 at 6:59 pm
Thank you for reading and commenting. Glad you liked this, Patricia. ❤ ❤
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June 25, 2015 at 8:53 pm
You do write stories that leave the ending sort of up in the air. You don’t really end the story in a neat way. I like that!
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June 24, 2015 at 6:34 pm
What died?! Good job. 100 words is sooooooo hard!
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June 25, 2015 at 1:31 pm
Thank you for reading and commentingI am tickled you enjoyed the story. ❤ ❤
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June 25, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Wow Tess! Incredibly vivid! Holy crap. 🙂
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June 25, 2015 at 2:04 pm
I admire how you can build so much tension in so few words! I apologize if this is the same comment I left last time but it’s true and it’s impressive!!
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June 25, 2015 at 2:15 pm
Thanks so much. You have no idea how encouraging this is to read. ❤ ❤ ❤
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June 25, 2015 at 4:37 pm
Tess – Do you have tornadoes where you live? I hope not. They are terrible beyond belief and destroy everything in their path. You’re probably aware we’re in the heart of tornado season for us yet we’re seeing tornado’s ripping parts of the country that have never been hit before.
As a kid growing up in Kansas, we had terrible tornado’s but nothing like what we’re seeing today.
You’ve used the tension masterfully, my hat is off to you. Grasping dirt and weeds is so exactly true!
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June 25, 2015 at 4:58 pm
Thank you, Sheri. ❤ ❤
Indeed we do have tornadoes, but nothing like in your part of the world and yes I do believe they are more frequent and more angry and destructive. Even in our parts.
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June 25, 2015 at 8:14 pm
Some say there’s no such thing as global warming but if not, how do we explain the terrible weather we see everywhere.
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June 26, 2015 at 9:09 am
Seriously, I felt as though I was right there! Great job, Tess. 🙂
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June 26, 2015 at 9:35 am
Thank YOU, Laura. I am encouraged you like this. ❤ ❤ ❤
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June 26, 2015 at 1:43 pm
Hey there, Tess, loved your story, and that photo, so very much. I must say it inspired me to do my first piece of fiction here on WP. I took on the 100 word challenge myself. Stop by and let me know what you think. Thanks again. 💕 Van .
https://vanbytheriver.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/one-last-move/
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June 26, 2015 at 11:04 pm
What a story! And what an ending!
Poor Will…
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