It’s Friday, and as you are all aware, that means I’m going to add a Friday Fictioneers story to the melting pot. Thanks to Madison for the prompt photo.
In other news, I started a second blog. I’ll be posting one story per week (probably Wednesdays), as told by the traveler, you may remember him from a couple of my previous Fictioneers stories. You can find his stories at https://travelerchronicles.wordpress.com
Also, on that note, I may be bumping this blog down to only Friday Fictioneers posts for awhile, but I’m undecided on that for now. Anyway, on to the real reason you’re here: Enjoy.
Turn Back
He had laughed when he read the note stapled to the tree a mile back.
Turn back while you still can!
When he came upon the second his laugh was only halfhearted.
I tried to warn you.
He looked over his shoulder when a growl broke through the undergrowth. Heart thumping, he scurried up the path to the road at the top of the hill. Laughter wafted from the trees behind him.
The sound registered just as his feet hit the macadam.
“Screw you guys! That’s not funny!”
The rumble of an engine rounding the blind curve fell on deaf ears.
June 15th, 2012 at 6:19 AM
Double and then triple twist. Well done, Adam.
Aloha,
Doug
June 15th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Just like most hiking paths, lots of twists. Seemed appropriate.
June 15th, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Creepy. Chilling. Well done.
here’s mine…a gentler offering https://www.rochelle-wisoff.blogspot.com/2012/06/mothers-gift.html
June 15th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Gentler is sometimes better. Good job on yours.
June 15th, 2012 at 7:27 AM
Superbly done: great tension and love the twists.
Ours is here: https://www.lazuli-portals.com/flash-fiction/expect-the-unexpected
June 15th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Glad you enjoyed the journey through the forest. Sadly, we can’t say the same for the guy in this story.
June 15th, 2012 at 8:13 AM
It’s all fun and games until someone loses their life in the woods.
June 15th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Technically he lost his life on the road, so the fun and games in the woods may continue freely and with complete disregard for the safety of others.
June 15th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Hm… then it’s all fun and games until someone loses their life on the road near the woods? And carry on with the woodland fun and games.
June 15th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Carry on, indeed. No point in letting a death you caused put a damper on the situation, right?
June 15th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
I knew yours was going to make me NOT want to go on that path! Just when he thought he was safe….
Mine is here: https://wp.me/p1Wqon-aA
June 15th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
To be fair, it isn’t the path (or even anything in the woods) you’ve got to worry about, it’s the traffic on the road. Those cars are nothing but mindless, metal murderers.
June 15th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
oh dear poor fella. I could feel him tensing with each note…
https://writersclubkl.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/friday-fictioneers-do-not-follow-me-home/
June 15th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
He had it coming. He was born to die that way. I can’t do what I do without making a few heads roll. 🙂
June 15th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
haha yea…you did create him for that reason. 🙂
June 15th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
What can I say? I’m a cruel and unjust god to the people in my head.
June 15th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I love a story with twist after twist. Poor guy though, should have turned back at the first note.
https://freejournowriter.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/fridayfictioneers-step-by-step/
June 15th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Should have, but didn’t. Few people would regard a hand written note on a tree with much legitimacy.
June 15th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Such and expensive and fatal joke; chillingly told. Mine is here: https://readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/fridayfictioneers-sacrilege/
June 15th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
The car is the real villain here. I’m going to start a petition to ban all cars in the world because they kill people everyday! Okay, okay, you caught me. I’m not really going to do that.
June 15th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
That’s what you get for not taking advice the first time.
https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/given-a-choice-friday-fictioneers-june-2012/
June 15th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
That’s good advice. I think I’ll take it. From this day forward I shall follow every piece of advice I am given. I’ll let you know how it works out if I live beyond the end of the hour.
June 15th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Oh, this was wonderful! I love twists within twists. Great job.
Here’s mine: https://unspywriter.wordpress.com/friday-fictioneers/the-atheists-wish/
June 15th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
June 15th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Very nice twists and turns! Very well done. I hate to see you stop publishing here. I hope that the decision is only temporary!! Here’s mine: https://theforgottenwife.com/2012/06/15/friday-fictioneers-6152012-the-watcher/
June 15th, 2012 at 11:37 AM
I’ll still do FF, just not sure if I’ll do anything else. I might or might not, still undecided. Time will tell I guess.
June 15th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I love a plot that has a double twist in it like this - really well written.
Here’s mine for anyone else that happen’s along: https://womanontheedgeofreality.com/2012/06/15/friday-fictioneers-visiting-grannys/
June 15th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Thanks, Linda. Glad you could stop by and read about a guy getting hit by a car. When I put it that way, I don’t much care for my story, then I remember it didn’t actually happen and life is good again.
June 15th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
The nice thing about killing them off is you can always make more. I’m wondering if my bear wrote those notes. Maybe it was a set-up to get some fresh road-kill 🙂
thanks for visiting mine. Here’s the link for others
https://russellgayer.blogspot.com/
June 16th, 2012 at 7:44 AM
That’s one smart bear you’ve got there. To plant the notes and time the growl perfectly must have taken quite awhile to plan.
June 15th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
With friends like these… I did laugh out loud, until the car arrived and then I squealed with the tires. I hope you take this as the compliment it’s meant when I say, ‘very Joss Whedon of you’. 😉
Kathy
https://notforallmarkets.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/breadcrumbs/
June 15th, 2012 at 6:06 PM
I will take that as the compliment it was meant to be. Thanks! 🙂
June 15th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
Will he or won’t he [be knocked down by the car]?
That is the question.
Mine’s here: https://logo-ligi.com/2012/06/15/six-oclock/
June 15th, 2012 at 6:07 PM
I’m pretty sure that car had death written all over it. Damn vandals and their spray paint cans.
June 15th, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Twisty twists :)….well done. Mine’s here
https://boomiebol.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/the-dream-friday-fictioneers-615/
June 15th, 2012 at 6:16 PM
Thanks, Boomie. Glad you stopped by.
June 15th, 2012 at 8:43 PM
Oooh! Nasty! Very well done, though! I need chocolate to help me recover.
June 15th, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Is there ever really a need to specify a reason for chocolate? Isn’t that like its own food group or something?
June 15th, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Well, yes! But it’s such a guilty pleasure that it helps your conscience to be able to give a good reason. Or even a bad one! Your story was a good one. Both reason and story. Okay, I’ll shut up now!
June 15th, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Regardless, glad I could assist you in finding an excuse to indulge. Enjoy!
June 16th, 2012 at 12:48 AM
Whoever posted those tree warnings must have known there had been previous deaths . That what he gets for not paying attention to them, Here’s mine (even though it’s on the list). https://www.triplemoonstar.blogspot.com
June 16th, 2012 at 7:45 AM
They were just playing a joke on him. They didn’t know he’d get himself hit by a car. I bet they feel terrible now, as they should.
June 16th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Creepy and chilling. I did like the twists and turns of this story. Thanks, Adam.
And for your readers here’s mine
https://tollykitsjourney.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/a-walk-in-the-woods-fridayfictioneers-flashfiction/
June 17th, 2012 at 2:20 AM
I like the suspense. And that It ends lightly. Very well done 🙂
Mine: https://niftitalks.com/2012/06/14/the-road-overgrown/
June 18th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
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June 21st, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Whew! unlike Nifti I didn’t think it ended lightly at all!