PHOTO PROMPT © Anshu Bhojnagarwala
“I got it, let’s tell scary stories, the way we did when we were kids!”
Sue gave Derek a dirty look while Bob just stared into the fire.
“Come on guys, you are just so boring.”
“What are you going to do, tell the one about the Claw?” Sue spit the words out.
“I’m sorry, I’m just so tired of sitting here doing nothing I thought you might want to try something different.”
“Those stories were more fun when we were kids, back in ’52,” Sue said.
Bob looked up, “Yeah, before the Claw killed us, before we were ghosts.”
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Word count = 100
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Ah…the inside out ghost story…nice…
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Thanks. I like to give these little 100 words stories a little twist.
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Wow. I didn’t see that coming, Trent.
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Thanks – yeah, ghosts get bored too ;)
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Whoa, nice twist!
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Thanks! Got to feel for those bored ghosts, though ;)
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Didn’t see that coming. Well, now we see, being a ghost can be boring.
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Some old boring haunts, day after day, doing the same boring thing… thanks.
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Didn’t see that end coming. Come to think of it, being a ghost could get very boring!
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Thanks. I’m sure being a ghost would get very boring, hanging in the same old haunts all of the time…
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Fabulous, Trent.
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Thanks, Robbie :)
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Great twist. Poor ghosts.
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Who ever said being dead was easy? Thanks.
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Ah, the poor ghost. Great concept.
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Yeah, it must be boring to be dead… thanks.
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Awesome read!!
Gone with the Fire
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Thanks!
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Never thought about how boring it must be to be a ghost :) Nice twist.
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Not a whole lot to do day after day, every day… Thanks :)
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Great twist! I feel bad for the bored ghosts though. Very entertaining story, Trent!
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Thanks!, Yes, those poor ghosts. I’m not sure what you can do to add excitement to a ghost’s life, uhm, er, I mean to a ghost’s death. Hmmm, that isn’t right either ;)
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I did not see that coming. Bored ghosts telling the same old story over and over… great fun.
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Thanks. Yeah, life, or I guess I should say “death”, must be boring for ghosts…
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Quite unexpected…Ghosts wanting to tell ghost stories!
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Not just any ghost stories, but possibly the story about their own demise ;) Thanks.
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Brings a whole new meaning to “ghost story”!
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I guess a story told by a ghost is a very different type of story than one told about a ghost. Thanks
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Ghosts are setting up fire! I thought fire and ghosts don’t get along.
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Some people think ghosts are doomed to forever do whatever it was they were doing when they died. These kids were sitting around a fire telling ghost stories, so….
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I LOVE THIS! Ghosts killed by “THE CLAW”! Several of you have a great imagination – Cute – very cute!
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Thanks :) I sometimes like to have fun with these prompts and, hey, who knows what happens to the victims in those scary stories kids tell ;)
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Ghosts need to keep themselves warm too :-)
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they do – no body for body heat so they are always cold…
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Ghosts around bonfires tell human stories, good stuff but imagine the tedium!
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The same thing, night after night after night… yeah, I’m sure it gets old after several decades or centuries…
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Well, that sucks! One would think that once one has become a ghost – especially from the ghost story evil, one would then go around tormenting other unsuspecting peeps…
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Some one, but I think most are pretty harmless. Also, I think typically they are tied to the spot where they die, so if it was an out of the way place where few, except the Claw, go, then they have long waits between seeing anyone that they can haunt….
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That makes it even worse!!
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One has to feel sorry for these ghosts. Who will save them I wonder
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There are people who claim that the can help spirits move “to the other side’, so maybe somebody like that….
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The tedium of eternity as a ghost. Perhaps they’ll fade with time; I hope so!
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I hope so too, or that they “go to the other side” or whatever happens. Sitting around a campfire as ghosts for eternity would get old fast…
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Great twist!
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Thanks!
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Lol eek !
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Yeah, ghost stories aren’t so scary one you ARE a ghost ;)
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No indeed 😁😁
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Ha, yes I imagine ghosts might get quite bored of constant spooky stories!
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I am sure they do get bored of it!
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Ghosts telling ghost stories – how spooky is that?
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It gets boring when you are dead. What better way to pass the time… for all eternity…
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Dear Trent,
Beetlejuice! Sorry. Had to go there. Quite a twist there at the end of the story. Being dead and killed by the Claw would detract from the fun of the old ghost story. Fun.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks. Yeah, I think being a victim of the Claw would make telling the story a little, well, not as fun as it was when they were teenagers telling it around the campfire all of those years ago ;)
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Funny Rochelle, Beetlejuice – haven’t thought about that in years – OH MY, how funny!
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Oooooo ghostly twist…
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Yeah, the fire reminded me of ghost stories. Wouldn’t it be boring to be a ghost? Staying in the same old haunts night after night for decades ;)
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I wonder if Ghosts get to take vacations? It would help with their doldrums!
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Yeah, I’m getting tired of the old haunts, need to move on for a while, perhaps scare up some fun on the beach or something….
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