PHOTO PROMPT © Carole Erdman-Grant
Picasso’s the finder one contacts when they need the surging thrill of adding another piece to their collections. Picasso learned the biz as go-fer for Sergio Lazar. She and Lazar are now lovers. This gives her access to O’Keefe, the space truck she travels in, scouting the galaxy for treasure.
Funds of collectors, although of varying origins, are always bottomless; their special proclivities, precise.
On her current expedition, on the backwater home planet of humans, she happens upon a classic, graffiti-bedecked abandoned diner. Zoso from Nanu will be pleased. The tractor beam lifts it to the cargo bay without incident.
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My story today gives a nod to a “bad b” cult classic movie, “Hideous.”
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the entertaining host of Friday Fictioneers.
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I suppose it’s one way to remove an eyesore from the derelict land! Nice one.
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Thanks, Iain 🙂
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What a lovely whimsy
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Neil, thank you.
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At last a way for planet earth to get rid of art and return nature.
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Good way of looking at it, Michael. I hope they leave the good art behind, but who is going to decide what’s good and what isn’t…
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Interesting little tale! Love the creativity.
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Thank you 🙂
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Someone get a bunch of fresh paint, eh?
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Wow, that’s quite an interesting story you came up based on this photo prompt – incredible!
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Well, I lifted the collector info from “Hideous” and also the taking of a giant structure as art is a lift from Wes Anderson’s latest movie, “The French Dispatch.” Thank you, Christian!
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A souvenir. (K)
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lol exactly, Kerfe! Why the heck not.
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That’s art collecting on a whole ‘nother level!
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🙂
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We have two here they can beam up!
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🙂
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One man’s trash is another alien’s treasure. Fun story.
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Thank you!
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Dear Lisa,
Picasso’s a great name for an art finder. 😉 Would that she could beam out more eyesores. Imaginative piece. Thank you for the link to Hideous. Never saw it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thanks much, agreed, it would be nice if she could.
Shalom,
Lisa
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Interesting tale. Nicely done Lisa
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Thank you, Vartika.
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A treasure found just sitting there. Well done. Lisa.
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Thanks much. Treasures are often like that: overlooked gems.
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🙂
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;Lovely story. Loved this, Lisa
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Neel, thanks much!
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A very large piece of art!
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Intergalactic collectors who are very much like us. Taking ‘exotic’ pieces without a second thought. I’d like to see that Zoso from Nanu though.
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🙂 Glad you liked the story, Gabi.
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I’d buy it for the grounds of my villa on Ceti Alpha, looks cool 🙂
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I think so also, Ali. Wouldn’t it make a perfect video arcade?
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Ha – I love that our planet is considered a backwater! Great story, so creative.
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Patricia, thank you very much 🙂
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Ingenious take on the prompt, with some entertaining world-building.
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Penny, thank you very much.
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Art collectors welcome! There’s a lot of “art” out here where I go hiking I wish someone would collect. That was a fun one.
I might have to look into “Hideous.” One of my favorite memories as a teen was an all-night bad movie marathon with friends.
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Oh, Nobbin, this one is in a class by itself. You’ll probably love it.
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Now, I have to try it.
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p.s. my adult sons routinely have all-night bad movie marathons with their friends. one night it was all steven segal movies…
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That is awesome! I don’t know if I could make it through an entire night of Steven Segal.
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i do appreciate her taste in art. better for planet earth too. 🙂
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Yeppers!
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I’d love to see how it looks in its new home. Delightfully different, Lisa!
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Keith, I would also. Glad you enjoyed the story 🙂
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Great title for this, and a very entertaining story. I love the collectors with bottomless funds and precise proclivities. So much to raise a chuckle here.
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Margaret, so happy the story pleased you.
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