Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers ~ Writing challenge.
Hosted by Priceless Joy.
The goal is to write a story between 100-150 words (give or take 25 words) based on the provided photo.
This week’s photo prompt is provided by Graham Lawrence.
SPIRIT PAINTWORK
by John Yeo
Penelope attended the local art group, where all the local artists got together once a month to visit a location and create a work of art. This month they were painting in a very pretty walled garden attached to a historic Manor House. Penelope set her easel up and began to paint . A polite cough broke her concentration and she turned to see a lady dressed in a period costume admiring her work looking over her shoulder.
“There was a horse trough next to the gate where you came in. Many’s the time I rode through here!”
Penelope was taken aback. “You rode here?”
“Yes! before the young Squire was killed. We always rode together.”
Penelope suspected a practical joke and called to her friends “Come here everyone!”
Turning back she found the gracious lady had disappeared.
Puzzled she made enquiries from one of the gardeners.
“Ah! that will be the ghost of her ladyship. Reputedly her one true love was thrown from his horse and killed here. She hung herself from an apple tree!”
(175 WORDS)
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Wonderful story! Very engaging and I loved the ghost aspect to it. Well done. Thank you for participating in the Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers challenge. 🙂
Thanks PJ ~ I ‘m happy to hear you liked this. 🙂
Wow! That was ending was unexpected. Brilliant twist😊
That ending I meant to say. Excuse the typo.
Thanks Jacqueline ~ The twist is sometimes the story ~ Have fun! 🙂
Yes indeed it is and you are most welcome 🙂
Poor thing..great story
Glad you enjoyed it Donna ~ Thanks for reading and commenting 🙂
Ohhh. Ghostly which I love. Your story was sad but very well told. 🙂
Thanks Susan ~ I love the unexpected unexplained too. Thanks for your great compliment.
Beautifully sad…she came to the place where her true love and her use to come. Perhaps it gave her comfort, or maybe she was looking for him. In either case…I love the story. 🙂
Thanks Jessie ~ I’m happy to hear you enjoyed this, The photo prompt was so interesting, I couldn’t resist turning to the supernatural world for inspiration. Have a nice weekend ~ 🙂
Oo, love the ghost twist. And I do so appreciate a *polite* ghost, once in a while!
Thanks so much Joy ~ I love the aristocratic feel of our ladyship. I’m glad you enjoyed this ~ 🙂
A ghostly story, indeed. At least she was very friendly and quite chatty. Her story was a sad one though and it seems she’ll be bound to that lovely garden forever.
Yes Sadly it seems a soul -sapping sentence of eternal life ~ Perhaps there is a different time frame in that dimension. Thanks for your great response as always Millie ~ 🙂
I’m sure such ideas have often been debated, John. I doubt if we’ll ever know the answers – but the ideas makes great FF stories. 🙂