Genre: Fiction
Word Count: 100
No Mention
The estate agent’s glossy brochure is very appealing. Family home, six bedrooms, five bathrooms, annexe suitable for student or older person, large gardens with summer house and various out-buildings.
No mention of the room at the top of the house. The room with no windows. The room with thick carpets and sound proofed walls. The room with mirrors and wardrobes full of clothes – if those things could be called clothes. No mention of the camera or the screen with five padded chairs placed behind it.
I was fifteen when I was first taken there.
No mention of that either.
Good to be back, it’s been a while. Hope you’ve all been keeping well. Thanks to our Fairy Blogmother, our ever busy, very productive leader Rochelle.
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Thanks for reading Neil 🙂
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Great reply to the prompt. Enjoyed it!
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Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for reading. Dee
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Dear Dee,
No mention of how much I’ve missed you. 😉 But I will mention what a powerful story you’ve written. We can only imagine through what you didn’t mention about that room. Well written as always.
Shalom and welcome back,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Thank you, missed you too.
Glad you liked this, on the dark side, but that’s where the photo took me.
It’s good to be back 🙂
Dee
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Chilling and well written.
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Thank you David 🙂
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Scary take on the prompt
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Yes, a bit dark for me, but enjoyed writing this. Thank you for reading.
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That was horrifying on so many different levels.
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Yes it was, the media has been full of such horror stories recently, frightening what some people do. Thank you for reading.
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Love the contrast between the first and second paragraph, and the ending revelation. So creepy and promising. One can’t help but wonder about her story.
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Thank you for reading. I often think about the stories houses could tell…
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Creepy and terrifying take. Well done.
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Thank you Ian, much appreciated.
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Oh dear… definitely not a room that one wants to end up in
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Hi Dale, good to hear from you, thanks for reading. Not a place anyone would want to call home!
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That “family home” just had a major drop in value! Sounds like unknown horrors shall be revealed.
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Oh I think you are right there Christine, a definite house of horrors.
Thank you for reading
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That’s a cracking good story. The irony in that voice is superb. Well done, I miss you when you’re not around.
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Thank you Sandra, I’ve missed not being here too.
Good to hear from you.
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Oh this one really hits where it hurts.
Good job.
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Thank you CE, good to hear from you and hope you are feeling well.
It’s good to be back in the FF community – I’ve missed it.
Dee
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Not exactly selling point to include in a brochure unless you were marketing it as a tourist attraction. I’m sure there are plenty who would pay $10 to have a tour of the upstairs.
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Sadly Russ,I think you are probably right!
Thanks for reading, good to hear from you
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A fine piece of story telling, I wonder what society should do with such places,
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This made my skin crawl. Well written.
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A creepy story told in a powerful manner. Excellent POV.
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Chilling…
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Nice. What lies behind the glossy facade, unmentioned?
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Hi Dee, Nice to read you here. Good story. You’ve come back strong!
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Oooooh, that sent a shiver right down my spine. You have left exactly the right amount unsaid – it is impossible for the reader’s mind to start working overtime, wondering what happened to her there…whilst at the same time really not wanting to know! Well done
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