Image by Ken Bonham at http://wmqcolby.wordpress.com/
She slowly raised her head, terror stiffening her spine. It was there, looming over them, but no one seemed to notice it, little ants running around, trying to reach their designated spots in time. But she stood there, frozen, watching. Huge head with blazing eyes, mouth agape spitting fire, preparing to descend on unexpected poor souls below. She tried to scream, but her constricted throat blocked any sound coming out. Beads of sweat broke over her forehead, while she tried to wipe her wet palms on the curtains hanging from the ceiling.
Her assistant carefully approached her and said: “You forgot to take your pill.”
My first ever try at Friday Fictioneers , hope I did it ok. 100 words long or short, links, photo…it’s all there. Enjoy.
Snow's Fissures and Fractures 
Dear Loré,
Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. You seem to have linked and posted just fine. Hope you enjoy your stay with us. It’s a lot like the Hotel California. You may check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. 😉
That face does sort of look amid the lights, doesn’t it? Hope the pill helps her.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. I knew it was a one way ticket, no turning back. 😀
I think she is beyond help.
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I didn’t see that face – brilliant take on the prompt. There’s always something different in a photo if you look long enough. Welcome – enjoy your stay. (Is that sealing or ceiling, BTW?) 😉
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OMG, thank you for that correction. And thank you for the comment. 😀
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I’ve done this myself… more times than I care to remember. 😉
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Sounds like me before each broadcast … and that light never leaves me alone!
Thanks for this!
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😀
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Good description of the monster 🙂
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It was the first thing I saw…maybe I am the one who needs the pill? :O
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I’ll have whatever you’re having 🙂
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Thanks to modern medicine we can all pretend to be normal!
Welcome to FF!
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Thank you!
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Welcome to FF, Loré. I can see that the acting profession is going to take it on the chin this week. 🙂 Wonderful portrayal of someone who really needs that pill…or some serious therapy.
janet
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Thank you, Janet! I already feel at home.
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Great job and welcome to the Friday Fictioneers. 🙂 You really drew us in with that vivid description. I gotta admit, I was wondering where it was going until the last line.
-David
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Thank you. 🙂
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Paranoia can be a bitch, darling. I like the way you handled this, with the imagination getting the better of your narrator.
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I wonder if we are all under some kind of medication, and she is the only one seeing the truth. 🙂 Thank you for the comment.
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Great twist at the end! I wasn’t expecting that.
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Thank you. The ending was the first thing I wrote.
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Ha ha, great job 🙂
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Tnx. 🙂
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Good story with great description. It must be terrifying to need medicine to keep the demons away.
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Thankfully, I am on good terms with my demons. )
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Welcome to Friday Fictioneers!
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Tnx!
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Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. A great first story – well written.
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Thank you! Just read your story and really loved it.
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Great job! Love the twist ending.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Welcome to FF! It’s only my third time participating, but I’ll tell ya—it’s definitely addictive! Your first try was a pretty good one if you ask me. I can imagine (and indeed did imagine) the kind of terror that light would instill in even a normal imagination, let alone one that needs medication to stay within the realms of functional. Nice work!
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Thank you for your kind comment.
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I also saw the monster’s face! It took me a while to overcome that and come up with something, but you clearly twisted it into something quite useful.
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I think so many people saw monster and decided to go the other way…which in the end helped my story.
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This is really well written. I’ll make a point of coming back for more.
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Thank you! You are more then welcome.
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That descriptive narration was so good but the icing on the cake was the end 🙂 Welcome to FF, I too am newbie and hooked already 🙂
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Looking forward to future tasks. Thank you for your kind words. 🙂
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Well done and welcome. She really relies on her assistant, poor thing.
And congratulations on mastering the technology – took me a while.
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I just wish I had an assistant to remind me of many things I keep forgetting. And thank you for your welcome. 🙂
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great minds and all that. i saw the exact same face in the image. good first publish!
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Thank you!
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terrors of the mind. well brought to life!
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Tnx.
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Ah the horrors of the mind, explained away so well in the last line.
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Who knows what kind of demons lurk in our own minds.
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You terrified me then made me laugh! Well done, and welcome to FF 😀
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Thank you, I am happy to join this merry group of people. 🙂
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Welcome to FF! I hope you will keep posting this is awesome!!!
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Thank you! I hope my muses stick around.
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Wonderful and unexpected ending 🙂
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I am happy you liked it. 🙂
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Indeed.. is reality in that pill? or just maybe the pill just block reality.. My thoughts went a very sinister way (as they tend to do in this bunch of FF writers)… I guess you are hooked already.
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That’s what I got from your story too…Matrix meets Cloud Atlas. What is real and what is just a dream? And what is the truth about Thicker soup and Soap…my SyFy imagination is running wild.
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You did just fine… great in fact, I liked your story. Welcome to FriFic! I thought she might have forgot her lines, because that’s sure as hell what it feels like.
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I think she forgot how to breathe. Thank you for reading my story.
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Great story and welcome to FF! The first thing I saw when I looked at the photo was the face in the lamp!
I loved the ending.
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Thank you! Many of us saw the same face. 🙂
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Hi, I’m sort of new too. I think your writing is awesome! I really enjoyed it. Welcome! Nan 🙂
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Thank you. I am looking forward to reading others stories!
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very clever and funny (not that mental illness is funny:)
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Tnx. 🙂
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Hi Lore!
Welcome!
There’s something about the stage that causes all sorts of things to happen!
Regards
Jim
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True. Thank you.
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Nicely done 🙂
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Thank you!
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