Title: Breathless Echo
Source: Friday Fictioneers sponsored by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple
Word count: 100 words
The amusement park was dead. Gemma didn’t understand why they left the lights blazing in the middle of winter. Bathed in the festival light’s eerie glow, ghostly aberrations walked the streets below her.
Gemma shivered, unsure if it was the cold or the passing ghosts. Winter’s grip froze the lake where they rented paddleboats each summer. Distorted reflections mirrored the night, enhancing the funhouse feeling Gemma loathed.
Voices shrieked, surreal terror clutched at Gemma’s throat, as the Ferris wheel spun. Torn from its supports, the wheel rolled merrily into the lake and the voices died, forever frozen in the night.
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Jo Hawk The Writer
Eerie!
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The photo feels surreal to me, so I went with it. 😉
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Captured the feel.
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Wonderfully described. Got the shivers myself!
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Thank you, Dale. The photo really effected me.
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That’s good. Right?
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Of course it is good. 😊
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Beautifully atmospheric
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Thank you, Neil.
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Beautifully atmospheric, Jo. Loved it!
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thank you Susan. Amusement Parks have always had a haunted feel for me. Glad you liked it. 💕
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poetic imagery and a very haunting tale
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Thank you, my friend. 😊
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You are welcome 🙂
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An interesting way to go with the prompt. A fun place turned into an eerie atmosphere. Creatively approached story.
Isadora 😎
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I am afraid I do not have a fondness for amusement parks, but I am happy you liked it all the same. ❤
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I’m not a fan either .A childhood friend of one of my daughter’s was crippled on a ride . Danger lurks in many ways. 😎
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Oh no! You hear about those accidents. They color my experience. 💖
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Oh horrors! How well you described it all. I may never even think about going on a Ferris wheel!
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LOL I hope I haven’t scared you off. 😉 I have always had a fear of the wheel just rolling away. Crazy right?
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Well, maybe. Stranger things have happened.
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OH gosh! We were actually talking about ferris wheels last night and amusement parks last night. 🙂 My husband and I were saying how we are too old for them anymore. 🙂
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I can skip the Ferris wheel, but I love, love, love roller coasters. 🎢 Weeeeeee
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I can only handle the very tame coasters! I been on some where I got white knuckles!
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The way to avoid white knuckles is to keep your hands in the air. 😉
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LOL! Aren’t you funny!
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😉
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