PHOTO PROMPT © Lauren Moscato
I stood on the street corner staring. Impossible, and yet, it was there as sure as anything. It remained, a reminder, a warning. Those who entered through the front door at street level, never left by the side door. People entered the building and never returned. I looked down to the business card in my hand. My appointment time… three minutes from now. I’d never been late for an appointment before…
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Break the habit of a lifetime I’d say. Good one.
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Thank you, Sandra!
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Noooo! Don’t go in, the timing is off.
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Thanks.
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Good one!
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Thank you.
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Of course you go in!
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Thanks, I think.
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Full of mystery and intrigue, this one. You’ve got me wondering what the appointment is, and what will happen next. Good stuff!
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Got me wondering too…. I couldn’t decide, so I just left it at that.
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I’ve got me wondering, too! LOL!
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Mmmm …
If she breaks old habits, there’s no story.
If she goes in, all kinds of possibility …
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Indeed. Thanks. I might pick this thread up sometime and integrate it into something else.
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I think she is going to be late. In fact, I think she is going to be “MIA.” Good story!
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MIA, indeed. Might be the first appointment she’s ever missed altogether.
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LOL
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Skip the appointment!
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My sentiments, exactly. thanks
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Ditto Elmo. Well done!
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Thanks.
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The indecision is palpable. Nice tension.
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Good, I intended the tension. Nice to know I succeeded.
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Knowing what (s)he knows, I wouldn’t have the courage to keep that appointment but, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Great spooky setup. 🙂
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Thanks! I think I’d run like all get out the opposite direction.
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Creepy and intriguing! I wonder what’s going on in there?
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Might be fodder for further writing later, methinks. There are sooo many possibilities about what’s happening inside. And, is that air conditioner really an air conditioner?
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Intriguing story.
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Thanks for reading!
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Reminds me of the old song, “Hotel California.” (You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave.)
Well done!
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Now that you mention it, it does. Love that song, too.
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Eerie! Missing that appointment may be a wise choice… and maybe not. Great food for the imagination.
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Thanks. Makes me wish I’d missed yesterday’s job interview. There’s no excuse for the unprofessional and idiotic statements made by the interviewer.
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Dear Star,
I’m with Sandra. This just might be the day to be late for that appointment…or not keep it at all. 😉 Mysterious.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Indeed. Imagine, if you will, what would have happened had certain people in high positions had missed their appointment to register for certain things… I think you know whereof I speak. How different would this world be now?
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Hotel California indeed! Maybe they don’t want to leave!!!
Stay or go?
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Could be…thanks for reading!
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A very intriguing story you have written.
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Thanks.
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If she’s standing there looking at that building, and she knows what she knows – I’d say she won’t go in. But yet, curiosity is a powerful force. Nice tension in your story and I like the open-endedness of it.
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Thanks. These short-writes lend well to the open endings.
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Very mysterious!
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Thanks.
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A bit surreal. 😎
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Yes, it could be…
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I’d pass on the appointment and have a coffee.
Ellespeth
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giggles. thanks.
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Rules were made to be broken. Sounds like a macabre take off of Hein;eon’s And He Built a Crooked House. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
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I don’t think I’ve read that one. Will have to see if I can find it. Thanks!
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I think that is one appointment she could do with being late for. Or maybe missing altogether. 🙂
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STOP! Don’t go! Great story and well told! Nan 🙂
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I’d think more than twice about entering that building. Good tension and well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
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