a tale of tails, tenacity, and tedium, as told by me, usually barefoot and bellowing

Sunday, February 1, 2015

The Sunday Whirl with Magpie Tales...

Photo prompt supplied by Magpie Tales


The patron warned, "That place is a ticking time bomb."  

Ignoring the warning and laughing about a need for rescue, I attended with a certain amount of humility.

The place was thought by many to be haunted but I did not measure these rumors that had spread like wild fires in the canyon.

I waited in anticipation working myself into quite a state before the guests arrived. Do I act as if I believe?   

I thought perhaps I had fallen asleep and was dreaming.  As the sixties music filled the room I recognized Sharon Tate dancing with Jay her partner for the night. I saw others as though I were looking through a cloud  into the past.

My accommodating  host smiled as if  to say, "This is nothing...just wait".  My race to spend the day and night with my host seemed totally crazy now.  

I realized in my eagerness to witness the paranormal I had been tricked.  I must stay forever watching this repeating tragedy until I could "invite" someone to take my place.

My host laughed when leaving.  At last he was free.

Word prompt supplied by The Sunday Whirl Weekly Wordle

15 comments:

Lux G. said...

I've never tried this word prompt. Looks like a challenging but fun thing to do. :)

MadSnapper said...

oh no, now you are trapped and i am to smart to come into that room.. that is one weird looking shelf the woman is lying on, all i could think of was come on baby lets twist again which uses none of the words

Keith's Ramblings said...

I often thought I was dreaming when I was awake in the 60's. But the 60's were like that!

Berowne said...

Dance, Sharon, dance; there's so little time left for you...

Kathe W. said...

Poor Sharon Tate- last dance for her.

Anonymous said...

Wow..great job.

Brian Miller said...

oh now theres a twist...now she will play host...until she can pull off the same trick...

LindaG said...

"Welcome to the Hotel California".

Haha. Great twist, Gail. Well done. :-)

C.C. said...

Great way to incorporate both the prompts together!

Misky said...

Yikes. Now that's a nightmare!

Silent Otto said...

Who spiked the punch with LSD ?

OmaLindasOldeBaggsandStuftShirts said...

oh my gosh......you are so clever

humbird said...

What a mystery you told us! Nicely written to prompt!

Lynne said...

Your mind amazes me . . .
Constantly!

Anita Sabat said...

"Place is a ticking time-bomb."
Hope there are no time-bombs only nice music to dance :)
Nicely expressed.

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