Flash Fiction for the Purposeful
Practitioner is a weekly writing
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The opening sentence for the
January 15th Flash Fiction for the Purposeful Practitioner: ” We were within a mile-and-a-half
of the service roads when we found it.”
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Posted on January
15, 2016January 14, 2016 by rogershipp
DOPPELGANGER
"We were within
a mile-and-a-half of the service roads when we found it."
The birds circling overhead
caught our attention. We'd hoped to find the hikers before sunset. We never imagined
anything like this.
Eviscerated bodies. The birds and
larger animals had already consumed their eyes and carried off most of their organs.
Two young men who went out for
a day's hike had met a monster.
We called the police and CSI.
Lights lit the scene and a tarp protected the bodies while five men gathered evidence.
At midnight, howls of an animal stopped us cold. The beast attacked. Somehow,
I survived.
*****
"Well doctor, is he sane
enough to stand trial?"
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100 WORDS
Yolanda Renée © 2016
I apologize for not being active these
last few weeks. Life has a way of ruining changing plans.
It was a real pain in the ass
chance to practice my flexibility.
At least, that's what I'm telling
myself.
Thank you for visiting, reading, and
commenting. I will do my best to reciprocate.
*****
1000 words or less
