This is in response to Rochelle’s Weekly Photo Prompt for Friday Fictioneers.
Word Count: 100
The house was in shambles.
The walls wobbly…roof cracked.
The cobwebbed windows broken.
The wooden panes rotting.
The smell was in the air.
The doors unhinged.
Only the garden seemed green and alive.
I immediately said yes to the broker.
He seemed surprised, hemmed and hawed a bit and then said,” Ahem! I’d be honest with you. This place is rumoured to be haunted.”
I smiled, “Never mind! I”ll deal with that when the time comes.”
Handing over the cheque I thought to myself, “He still doesn’t know I am one of them.”
What fun…
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Words: 96
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A nice twist at the end
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Thank you Derrrick 🙏😊
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Sounds like a perfect home for someone.
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Hee … Hee. 😆😆 It is.
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Great Geeta – you’ve masterfully used a classic horror trope and flipped it on its head with a sharp, witty twist 🙌
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Hee … Hee… Broken windows and cobwebs… That’s the first thing that comes to mind. I mean spook.
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😅
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Great twist.
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Thank you so much Sandra 🙂
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Very nicely done, Geeta!
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Thank you so much Chris 🙂
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Haha! An excellent story.
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Thank you Sadje. Glad you enjoyed
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You’re very welcome ❤️
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😅 wooo… you got me di!!!
Superb
And thanks for the recommendation… definitely on my watch list… (mentioning here as the comments were closed on the post- apologies)
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Comments are not closed on the post. It’s an App glitch…
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Oh is it …🙁 my bad … i revisited twice after reading but was not able to …
Will visit again ..
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No it’s not your bad…
I faced the same issue with some other posts…too
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Oh… I hope that’s resolved…
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Your story is as cleverly woven as the web!
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Thank you so much 🙏🙏
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It’s only fair that a ghost owns the haunted house. That was a fun read.
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Yes, even they have to have compatible habitat
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Sounds like the perfect home for her, even if it’s already occupied
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Yes, she is made for it
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😁👏. Nice.
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Thank you Rupali
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Nice twist.
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Thanks Tina
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My pleasure.
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This is great, Geeta! Got a good chuckle out of me at the end.
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Thank you so much Dale. Glad for that chuckle.
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Geeta, what a great twist! Looks like a perfect fit for her needs.
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Thanks dear Lisa. Glad you liked it.
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You’re most welcome.
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liked the closing twist!
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Thank you Yvette
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Fun story.
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Thank you so much 🙏
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Can ghosts buy real estate?
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Well I have to look up the books of law. H😆😆
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Lovely way to end it 🙂
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Thank you Angela
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She’ll move in among her own. Clever tale!
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Yes. Like-minded should flock together.
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Hahaha! Perfect curveball, Geeta!
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Thank you so much Nancy
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I thought she was won over by the garden at first, I was not expecting that twist. Great story.
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Such a witty and deep poem, Ma’am! I resonate with your thought- sometimes we are haunted by others, and sometimes we haunt someone else’s memories~
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Absolutely Deeptangshu. You said it.
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