This week’s photo prompt is provided by pixabay.com.
The house was like a head, with its crop of scarlet and green ivy hair, rectangular windows for eyes and teal door for a nose, while the walls, its cheeks, were covered in a mass of red leaves producing a bushy beard-like effect. It was like something out of a children’s book and we imagined a Willy Wonka type character living there.
Unfortunately, the man who did live there was morose, laconic and dark; dark in the sense that he wore only black and had a weird heavy energy. We soon lost interest in the house – the exterior brightened up the street somewhat, but we simply couldn’t equate its vibrant appearance with its miserable occupant, and when the woman, his slave emerged from its cellar after years of being locked away, everyone was gobsmacked, yet it kind of made sense. There was no way a man like that could live in a house like that without having something sinister to hide.
This post was written for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers
Flotsam and Jetsam 
That’s too bad that a sinister old man like that lives in that lovely home! I like the contrast in this piece. Great story!
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Thanks PJ!
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I love the description in the first paragraph…the cottage resembling a fairy tale character. And how cleverly you have created the story from bright to ugly. Kudos to you!
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Thanks so much, Shivangi 🙂
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Great imagery! Really enjoyed reading your sinister story!
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Thanks! 🙂
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A deep and peculiar atmosphere you’ve created. I like it!😊
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Thanks, Mark 🙂
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I loved the ” Willy Wonka type character ” reference..this picture at once do bring in that Wonderland feel- Perfect ! And then from the second paragraph onwards – the entire paradox is Beautiful!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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You are welcome ..Keep up this brilliance !
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