I’d just passed into the backyard through the breezeway between the barn and
house and froze.
Light!
I stared straight ahead and thought, “Straight ahead.”
The light that appeared without a sound had straight edges and the shadows
of my legs were parallel with those edges.
Impossible.
I turned towards the glare in the breezeway, using a hand to shield my eyes
from the UFO.
“Hi! Come here.”
The alien sounded just like John Brewer.
Stepping onto the drive I only half noticed that the light,
which spread everywhere, was channeled by the breezeway.
“Check out my new electric car!”
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OK, the first thing I noticed about the photo was the crisp lines… For some reason my first thought was “Arriving UFO”
word count = 100
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week’s prompt is here and uses a photo by @ David Stewart. If you want to join or see other stories, go to the inlinkz linkup.
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Fun story, Trent! I’ve never heard that Yes song (I think, so many songs I don’t know the title of–heardle keeps telling me so) and I may be the only person who didn’t think UFO.
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Thanks. I think the angle of the light is similar to one or two scenes from Close Encounters, so UFOs… Thinking of the 1970s, the song comes from Yes’ album Tormato, often called their very worst. It was put out at the height of the popularity of punk, so the album is full of “cute”, gimmicky things to try to entice a new audience but just alienated their real audience instead. And “arriving UFO”, with its silly sound effects and New Age lyrics about the aliens taking us to a higher plane of consciousness really didn’t hit it off with the punk ground. Odd.
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Great take on the prompt, Trent. I like how you ended it. :-)
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Thanks, Bill.
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Watch out! That UFO may take your electric bill to a new high ;)
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Those pesky aliens, always doing things like that seem great until we get the (electric) bill.
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I thought a UFO scene could work as well. Your story works nicely :-)
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Something about the scene does say “UFO”, even if the real UFO is only in the MC’s imagination… Thanks.
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😂 That’s what I would have thought at first too! Don’t know why my mind always leaps to the least likely first!
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Must be human nature, which, of course, explains why there are so many conspiracy theories out there… lol, it HAS to be a UFO, there is no other explanation!!! until reality sets in.
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A UFO, for sure. I toyed with that idea, but nothing came of it :)
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It does look like a UFO, but perhaps mistaken identity of what made the light was better…
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UFO was my first thought also. That light behind the shed… “Is that you, Mo Dean?”
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lol, should have done a B-52s version…
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Dear Trent,
This “alien” should fit right in. ;) Welcome back.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Amazing. Not only does he sound just like John Brewer, he looks like him too! And that UFO looks just like an electric car I saw at the dealership. Amazing how those aliens just blend in like that! Thanks, Rochelle :)
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Are UFOs electric? How long does their battery charge last? ;-)
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Are friends electric? Oh, wait wrong song… I guess UFOs must be. That alien battery technology must be light years beyond ours
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We could learn from them!
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At least they brought something useful with them! Nice one Trent
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Yep, and it is amazing how quickly and easily they fit right in so nobody notices. But we know…
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I thought this pic could lend to either a crime or UFO experience, too. Great story, Trent. Been a while since I’ve been online.
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Welcome back, Bear! Yes, UFO or crime scene seem like the most obvious things, so I ma lucky to get on early enough to be the first UFO ;) Thanks!
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:) hehe.
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Electric car is almost a 🛸 ufo! It only needs an alien 👽
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Oh, well… was nice to think so while it lasted!!!!! ;-)
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Yes. It’s real, it’s… Oh, wait a minute. Never mind… ;)
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A ha ha haaaaa…. 👽👽👽👽
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I was going to post the Yes song, Arriving UFO, but that is perhaps my least favorite Yes song of all times…
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;-)
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