PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
Season One
Snow crunches under Mara’s slippers. Her feet, beyond cold, numb, pain, exist as dead grey. Wooden matchsticks now, she totters until a loud snap. Falling…
Waking…
Soft mattress, machine breathing, smell of antiseptic, low hum of conversation…
Where am I?
She opens her eyes and sees a video monitor, with her – crunching through snow, her feet grey in her slippers, falling…
“It’s disconcerting the first time you see it,” says a voice in her head. Her voice.
Is this a dream?
“What is real?” says her voice.
She pulls the sheet away. Intact.
“We’re renewed for Season Two!”
[100 words]
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the host of Friday Fictioneers.
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great ake Li! Brilliantly told! 🕊️💜
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:) Thanks!
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This is excellent
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Thanks, Steve. I thought the photo was surreal and so tried to write a surreal story. Happy you got it.
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Russian dolls within dolls, and then the reveal. Well done
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Yes :) Thanks, Neil.
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Sorry – not getting it despite three re-reads.
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Sandra, thanks for trying.
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Sometimes I think this is where we are headed- life captured and replayed until we have no idea what is real anymore….
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V, I think so also. The Way of the Machine. Remember that Pink Floyd song? Welcome…
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A great surreal escapade Lisa 🙌
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Thanks, Ange <3
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So dream-like, a delightfully different take, Li
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Thanks, Keith. Dream-like it is and I feel sorry for the MC, as it’s probably an endless loop.
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Dear Lisa,
I couldn’t figure out if this is a dream or what. Quite surreal. Nice to know one’s been picked up for a second season. Nothing’s worse than a show ending in a cliff hange. ;)
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thank you. Usually I’m feeling spaced out myself when I write surreal things, but the image had me trying to do it while “sane.”
Shalom,
Lisa
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Don’t you just hate this type of dream? If it is a dream… hm… onwards to season 2. Great writing, Lisa.
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Gabi, thanks so much. I fear AI so much that I think this could be a dream that is real to the MC.
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Such alluring mystery! This one makes me think and wonder what’s next.
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Glad I’ve intrigued you, Someone, thanks!
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Hmm. I think I’ve been there…. that big stroke. 😉
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:)
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If this was me:
Thoughts rubbed together until finally my mind sparked. My voice croaked from lack of liquid but I managed words, “I want my agent. No…season…t…” They timed the anesthesia well. – Erin Penn
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lol, Erin. Perfect end of the episode ;)
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What Pink Floyd song did you say?
More like Led Zeppelin for me, “Dazed and Confused”
Jam on, my friend.
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:) Thanks, Dawn!
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oh so surreal, and also made me feel like this could be AI or a digital world kind of thing…. very cool story to go with the phot, Li
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Yvette, thanks for sharing what you see.
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wishing you a great day!
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<3
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Ooooooo creepy. What is real? A good question indeed.
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Thanks, Laurie.
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This is surreal and has me questioning if I even get it. David Lynch would be proud.
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T.O.L., I’m not even sure I get it! :) Thanks much.
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