“I see absolutely everything.”
“I promise, we’re not about to eat pretty doe eyes over there,” Hank said as he seared the venison tenderloin.
Theresa turned from the deer head mounted on the wall, her pupils dilated as the animal’s, frozen in the expression it assumed once it realized its impending death.
“I know you don’t like seeing red in your meat, but venison is tough. So if you want it well done, you’ll be chewing all night.”
“However you cook it is fine.” The words floated on air, barely reaching his ears.
Hank poked his head into the den. “What’s the matter with you?”
“True psychics know this gift is a curse. They’d never abuse it for profit.” She didn’t meet his eyes, stared past him, above his head at something invisible to the natural realm. “Would you believe me if I told you the world as we know it would end tomorrow?”
word count: 150
—Nortina
Mondays Finish the Story: a flash fiction challenge where we provide you with a new photo each week, and the first sentence of a story. Your challenge is to finish the story using 100-150 words, not including the sentence provided.
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You know what? It is definitely worth rereading the story twice. You start getting all the subtle clues and suddenly it’s not too much of a surprise ending at all. Nicely done, Nortina!
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Ahh, you caught that! Those subtle hints are always worth reading again. 🙂
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Great story Nortina ~ I would suspend belief in your last line ~ 🙂
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Love the psychic twist, great stuff.
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Quite a story… Good one.
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Loved the use of the prompt and the surprise ending. Well done. 🙂
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Wonderfully written as always… interesting ending.
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Well done again my friend! I enjoyed the psychic being part of the story. You can still go on with this story. Thanks for writing again for the MFtS challenge and be well… ^..^
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Now that’s definitely creepy! Great use of the prompts.
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Very creative take Nortina.
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Great surprise ending! Now they need to decide if he believes her and if so, how they are going to spend their last few hours. The unknown is always frightening!
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He’d better make sure that venison isn’t tough. It might be their last meal on earth!
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Oh yeah, that’s right! LOL!
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Great mystery. The sad part…it probably will be different tomorrow!…look at all the tomorrows we have had and things have definitely changed!
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Yes! Figuratively speaking, the world could very well end tomorrow.
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An unexpected ending for sure. Hope she’s wrong, but well done!
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shocking! I enjoyed the mystery you left untold.
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