Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge — Part 7 Fog

image link “Fonz! Did you see it!?” said Marty, his buzz now gone. “See what, Cuz?” “The blue monster with black wings and red eyes!” Not wasting any time, Marty raced into the crowd, hoping to catch up to it. In the back of his mind he was thinking, do I really want to catch…

Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge – Part 6 Zombie

Sugar Skull Zombie The National Polytechnic University in Mexico City, Mexico is rated the #1 University for Forensic Science in Mexico. Marty, short for Guillermo Martinez, chose Mexico City first for the curriculum, as they have the “regular” forensic physiology; yet are also famous – some would say infamous – for being the place that…

#FF — Cat and Mouse Play

PHOTO PROMPT © David Stewart “How’s the suite? What’s that sound?” Jill asks. “Roomy with lots of windows. It’s a thunderstorm.” Jack says. “Ooh, nice!  And a thunderstorm sounds cozy. Take a pic, I want to see!” says Jill. Jack snaps a quick pic, then sends. Jill zooms in on the bits of figures in…

Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge – Part 5 Treat

Lok suggested the Cairo Jazz Bar and offered to drive. When the waiter came to their table to ask if they wanted a third round, Jean piped up and said, “We have an early morning tomorrow. Shall we call it a night?” There was a pregnant pause and then the other 3 began to push…

Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge — Part 4 Trick?

Part 4 Trick? While the students puzzled together the bones in an arrangement that made sense, Professor Sadek added two more students to Jean and Morrie’s team and began communicating with the Thebes Council to gain permissions for a dig at the place where the “animal bones” were found. Professor Sadek kept her thoughts and…

Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Day 3 — Skeleton

image link Part 3 Skeleton Six years had gone by. Jean left for Egypt after high school to study paleontology and Marty left to study forensic physiology in Mexico. They may have parted physically, but their friendship was still very much alive via Zoom, text, and other various technologies. Although their cave hangout was in…

Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge — Day 2 Bats

image link Part 2 Marty and Jean decided to play hooky from school that late autumn early afternoon. Their summer hangout at the lake was windy and chilly, and so they decided to walk down into the gulch for shelter. Normally hidden by trees’ leaves, as they rounded a boulder on the path, they saw…