Rochelle is the host of the fabulous Friday Fictioneers. Rochelle says:
The story is in regards to this photo:
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
WARNING: may be trauma triggering to some readers
Chicago’s city-wide curfew for a month due to a series of bomb threats is lifted today, and tonight is the carnival.
Every ride is crammed, and the lines are long. Johnny, Susie, Chenny, and I savor our elephant ears as we wait in line for the ferris wheel.
Finally we board, all four of us in one seat. It’s chilly out this evening, so we snuggle our honeys for warmth. We’re at peace as we glide….
KABOOM!!!!!
The explosion at the base of the wheel sends it rolling into the lake. We find ourselves clinging to it in the water.
The End.
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Oh my. Something like this is an all-too-real posting this day and age.
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What a shock end!!
Well done! :)
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Thank you!
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You know I am gonna love this one!! My wheel broke free too!! Nice write, Jade!
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Thank you Violet!
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I forgot about Elephant Ears… they are great. I love carnival food…I have to watch myself when I go. I love a carnival at night.
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Yes, carnival at night is the only time to go. I remember as a kid how excited I got when the carnival came to town.
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I can still feel that excitement. I would line up for the Tilt a Whirl
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Tilt a Whirl and the Himalaya were my two favorites. If it spun or twisted just right there’s that laughter you can’t keep in.
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I can’t stand heights but I love spinning. I never ever got to ride the Himalaya for one reason or another…I always wanted to. Love the loud rock music they would play.
I also liked the Spider,,,it didn’t go too high.
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This must mean you don’t ride rollercoasters or the ferris wheel?
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You got it! No rollercosters for me. I road one big one before when I was a teen… I told myself never again. It was in Nashville and an old wooden one very high.
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I love rollercoasters!
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Seemed too good to be true, and just the sort of atrocity the bastards are planning on a daily basis i’ll bet. Good stuff, but painfully realistic and believable
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I’m sorry if it was painful to read it.
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Terrifying for them. Hope they manage to hang on long enough to be rescued.
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I do too.
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Maybe they are lucky and survive…
Scary possibility.
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I hope they do.
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So calling off the curfew may have been premature.
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This reminds me of the way children tell stories. Is it bad I laughed? lol
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Better than no response at all. Laughing is good.
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Some mad man exploded a bomb. good that you are alive.
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Yes, thank you.
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A tragic ending, just as they thought they were safe.
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Yes, I hope they held on until help arrived or they swam to shore…
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Dear MSJadeli,
Just when they thought it was safe. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you so much for reading, Rochelle. I appreciate the space you have created for such good fiction writers.
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The foreshadowing in the beginning made me go uh-oh when they went on that ride. Nice detail, it felt very real until the tragical ending. They are lucky to still be alive.
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Yes it is. Thank you for reading and for your nice comments.
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A dramatic story – starts in a such a carefree, innocent way, then boom – catastrophe.
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Yes, too often catastrophe catches a person unaware and unprepared…
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The terror hits when we least expect it.
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Yes it does. Hoping you had an enjoyable Sunday.
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A story of our times, sadly Still, they enjoyed themselves while it lasted, and I think they’ll survive.
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:) thank you for reading
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Oh dear. Unfortunately I believe it could happen
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sadly i have to agree
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So much for it being lifted…terrible ! Great take on the prompt
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Thank you, Gisselle.
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I’ll trust they could all swim, but I know that lake can be cold. I missed this prompt last week and just wrote a story about this very wheel today.
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Just read the wheel and the stones and enjoyed both. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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