PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
Here is my contribution to Friday Fictioneer’s photo prompt:
She struggled to get her bearings, sure she was lost. Blinking, she fixated on the letters further down the deserted street.
“OX ICE?” She frowned as she walked. “OX FICE?” She shook her head, the sounds meaningless. She kept walking. “BOX OFFICE!” Finally, someone who could help her.
She opened the door and stumbled into the dark. She heard a disembodied voice shout, “Snagged another one, get the box.”
An hour later the back door opened and a man pushing a dolly with a large box shouted to the waiting trucker. “Rush delivery! You know they like ’em fresh.”
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Thank you.
Thank you.
I like your double-take on the prompt – the literal and the wordplay. Quite a chiller that story!
Not the sort of box office to want to enter! Nicely done.
Thanks, Iain. Appreciate the visit!
Glad you enjoyed it…it was a fun write. Thanks for stopping by!
For some reason, my thank you didn’t show up where it should. Appreciate the visit!
Shiver. Like a netted fish.
Nice analogy to how I felt about the “box”.
Box Office: get your ticket to hell here!
LOL! You’re so right!
Not quite the help she was looking for. Good take on the prompt.
Not at all….Thanks, Tessa.
Oh boy, this isn’t going to end well for her. Nice one!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
What an original take! I will stay away from such areas…
HI Dale, thanks for dropping in. Glad you enjoyed the tale.
Wow. You built up to the climax beautifully. Good one.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Some of these just work…lol
Clever. Doubt I will be able to look at a box office the same way again!
I know…thanks for stopping by!
Ooh, definitely a creepy thought.
HI Eugenia and welcome to my site, I hope you will be back. Glad you enjoyed the story.
To begin with, the deserted street sounded unpleasant. Then things went from bad to worse. A good horror story, Donna. —- Suzanne
Thank you Suzanne…nice to have you stop by!
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! Totally unexpected. Great finish.
Thank you, Karen. And thanks for taking time to come by!
That was creepy. She stumbled into the wrong place for sure. Well-written horror, Donna. 🙂 — Suzanne
I’ll take multiple kudos anytime… 😉
I don’t know what happened. Sorry my comment took up so much space. The third comment finally took hold. 🙁 — Suzanne
I think the site might have been glitching…have a couple of doubles. But still, thank you for persevering.
They’ll need to keep her fresh so I assume she’s in a BOX OF ICE!
I think the truck was refrigerated…snicker. Thanks Keith – I’m off to read your submission on my Friday Foto challenge. Been a busy morning!
Oh my God !! Well written 🙂
Much appreciated – welcome to my site! Hope you will try my Friday Foto Fiction challenge sometime.
Amazed at the well written thriller. Descriptive.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed (?) it. 😉
Yes, of course, I enjoyed it!
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darn, it looks like she’s lost for good.
I suspect so….thanks for taking time to stop in and read!
so scary .nice chiller
Thanks, Larry. Appreciate it!
Oh my goodness!!! And such an innocent looking place. Wonderful flash fiction, DB.
Thanks so much!
You are very welcome.
What the hell? It looks like someone escaped something horrible only to stumble into something worse. I was trying to guess what was wrong with her, then… Boxed! That was shocking.
Glad I got to take you by surprise…thanks so much for visiting!
Oy vey!
{giggle} Thanks for the visit, read & comment.
Well, yikes! I hate to imagine who the “they” are who like them fresh. Well done.
I know…that would be in a longer story. Thanks for visiting.
I wonder what made her want to enter the place.
I think she was lost and hoped to find someone friendly who would help. I mean it was just a “box office”. 😉
Dear Donna,
And the feature du jour is “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” Oh dear. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you, Rochelle. Appreciate the visit!
Great story! Loved the wordplay you made! <3
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by….
Wow. That was unexpected! Poor woman. Great take on the prompt–Box Office became Box of Ice.
Glad you were surprised…it was a fun write! Appreciate the visit.
Aaahg, what a twist. It started out so innocently, person lost, looking for help. A box office usually is a public place–who’d have known it’s an office where you get boxed. Great fun.
Thank you…it was a fun write. Sometimes the quick ones are the best stories.
Oh comment, where art thou?
Deliciously evil. Don’t get lost in the city 🙂
Glad I’m a country gal…now.
Like the clever way you unfold the plot- and what a sting in the tail !
Ah, thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it.
She walked into an office that actually boxed her body. She must be tired and definitely had poor eye sight.
Definitely tired…thanks for stopping by!
Oh my. That’s a bit chilling. Nice job.
Thanks, Shirley. Appreciate you taking time to read and comment.
This has a Twilight Zone feeling to it. Creepy.
Thank you…I hoped to give it that sense of the unexpected.
Cursed eyesight failed her and walked into a horror show. Great last line!
Much appreciated, Brenda.
Hahaha! XD
Fun wordplay! 😀
Glad you enjoyed it!
Paddock to plate for cannibals. Guess this fresh food craze has really caught on 😉
Now you made ME laugh…great comment!
ooooooo I don’t think is going to end well for her. Curious about where she is going…
Always open to interpretation…. 😉
Cleverly done.
Thank you, Sandra. Appreciate it.
Oh for crying out loud! 😀
LOL! Hope you enjoyed it.