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#FF — Til Death (with “If I Was a Blackbird” by Silly Wizard added)

PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Til Death Startled awake, I listen for Mr. Coffee’s gurgle, but he’s not singing. It’s always a surprise to realize you’re dead, as our lives continue as if you are alive in the other realm. At first I thought you must be in limbo, waiting for the elevator, but it’s…

Can You Tell A Story In… #83 — Afterlife

Ah! Exuberant joy overtakes me as I sip a pineapple margarita. Life in heaven after the apocalypse isn’t so bad. Esther Chilton is the host of Can You Tell A Story In… Esther says: Can you tell a story in 20 words using the following words in it somewhere: APOCALYPSE PINEAPPLE EXUBERANT

#FF — Haunted

PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook Haunted Henry’s penthouse gleamed atop the new condo building. It only took a few greased palms over posh lunches in back rooms to condemn and bulldoze homes to make way for the building’s construction. Nobody seemed to care other than the dozen displaced residents whose families had owned those homes…

dVerse — Prosery Monday — Faith

As a seed, I was shot out the back end of a blue jay when, heedless, she flew over the meadow.–Lisa Bellamy, from the poem, “Wild Pansy.” Faith As a seed, I was shot out the back end of a blue jay when, heedless, she flew over the meadow. Shivering in a watery mess that dried…

#FF — Just What the Patient Ordered

PHOTO PROMPT © Nancy Richy Just What the Patient Ordered “The doctor will see you now.” Startled from doomscrolling, I look up into the creased face of Harriet. She’s wearing Golden Girl themed scrubs today. I follow her away from the fuzzy grey chairs of the fuzzy grey room. In stark contrast, Dr. Houdini’s cherry-wood-paneled…

#FF — Heads Up!

PHOTO PROMPT © Jennifer Pendergast Heads Up! Blinding light, then nothingness. Awakened, telestrated, mouthpiece of the gods. Hear us! Life’s a free ticket to ride yahtzee roll. Doesn’t mean you should ghost your way through. Cranium and seek clues to our strategy. You’re on a battleship against darkness, surrounded by sharks. Our monopoly on Fate…

#FF — Melatonin Cushion, or Rude Awakening

PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Melatonin Cushion The melatonin worked. Nothing interrupted my floating sleep last night. Absent was the recurring nightmare of headlights, fire, a blanketing black umbrella-like claw descending upon Fremont, the smell of smoke, and the cacophony of sirens and screams. Refreshed after sleeping soundly for the first time in months, I…