This week’s 100-word story photo prompt comes from Friday Fictioneers host Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
The challenge as always is to write a piece of flash fiction inspired by the photo. To join the fun, click here
To read other contributions, click on the blue frog
Horse and Trap
When Susie was little, she dreamed of owning lots of horses, endless fields and her own paddock.
Jack’s horses were nasty, like their owner.
Had he seen her outside Women’s Aid? They said Jack mustn’t know she was leaving.
She thought of Poppy, the one horse she loved. With heavy heart she pulled on her boots to go and say goodbye.
Susie stopped in shock in the kitchen. Jack never cooked.
His face writhed in smug malevolence as he lifted a lump of bleeding meat from a bucket onto the stove.
‘Medium rare?’ he asked, adding a handful of salt.
©Siobhán McNamara
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Dear Siobhán,
Oh no! Why do I have the feeling that he’s serving her a Poppy steak? Jack really is a horrid person. Good job…but ugh!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle,
Your lovely winter photograph seems to have inspired a lot of horsemeat this week!
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Brilliant!
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Thanks Neil 🙂
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Excellent gory story, love it
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Thank you 🙂
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OMG! These poor horses this week! Well done.
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They horses certainly have it bad this week
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Haha, love this Siobhan – you went one further than my story and cooked the horse 🙂
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Thanks Iain 🙂
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The emotion really came through in this.
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Thank you Dawn 🙂
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I don’t think “nasty” even comes close to describing Jack. Great story, though quite chilling.
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A new word might be required to describe him
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Jack IS nasty. I take it leaving him was both beneficial and a secret she needed to keep to herself. Now it’s confirmed.
Ewwwww! Nice job, but I think I’m gonna retch.
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She needs to get out of there quickly, though the tables might be about to turn!
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Yup. Very much so.
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A little too well done (or should I say rare under cooked?) You have really crafted a very sinister and chilling scene here, reminding me somewhat of that dreadful scene in Fatal Attraction where the child’s rabbit ends up in the pot.
This prompt did have a grim element to the scene.
xx Rowena
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Thanks Rowena x
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Oh my word … he’s a terrible person.
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He sure is!
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Eww… Nasty. But interesting take on the pic. Well done!
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Thank you 🙂
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it was the right decision for susie to leave. she runs the risk of being next on the cooking pot.
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I hope she manages to follow through.
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Jack appears to be the epitome of evil. I bet he doesn’t even like horse meat, but obviously relishes the opportunity to terrify Susie.
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You’re right, he’s probably expecting poor Susie to cook up his dinner after all this is over
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Oh what a nasty piece of work that Jack is. You really bring out our emotions in this story. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jack ended up in the stew one of these days.
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He may well get what he deserves sooner or later
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Wow, Jack is nasty
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He sure is. Thanks for reading
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That was a real punch to the gut! Amazing how the same photo can elicit such different stories from us all! Well done, even through the chills.
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Thanks Dawn
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Oh! What a S#*t. Sorry, that’s just what I thought. Well done.
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He sure is
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