Photo Prompt by Liz Young
Caged
“Guys, c’mon. Let me out!” Roger begged.
“I say we leave him here all night,” said Joe. “That’ll teach him for ruining the party by scaring everyone with that Main Street Slasher story.”
“Yeah, stupid story. Leave him.” Doug agreed, “See ya later!”
“Guuuys…!!!”
Day drifted into night.
“I was just trying to warn everyone.” Roger lamented. “No one should be out after dark. They’ll see that I was telling the truth when the news reports another murder. They’ll see.”
“See what?” a raspy voice cackled from behind. “Would you like me to set you free?”
~kat
96 words for Friday Fictioneers Photo Prompted Flash Fiction Challenge, thanks to Rochelle Wizoff-Fields. Photo above by Liz Young.
like mercury colliding... 
July 11th, 2018 at 1:41 pm
😱😱🤢😱🤢😱😱 that’s a scary one 💜💜
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July 11th, 2018 at 1:49 pm
I know…Halloween in July…it was bound to be a bit odd. 😉
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July 11th, 2018 at 1:59 pm
💜😱
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July 11th, 2018 at 2:05 pm
I hope they believe him now. I was going to say “better late than never”, but I’m sure Roger (or his ghost) will disagree…
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July 11th, 2018 at 3:59 pm
It kind of stinks…the only guy who believed the story, meets his end by the killer. 😳
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July 11th, 2018 at 2:16 pm
Suddenly it’s more a shark cage than a prison.
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July 12th, 2018 at 12:48 am
Yes indeed! 😳
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July 11th, 2018 at 2:18 pm
Wow a scary ending. Poor guy.
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July 12th, 2018 at 12:50 am
I know. He just can’t win.
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July 11th, 2018 at 2:53 pm
Mwaaahhhahahah
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July 11th, 2018 at 3:58 pm
Haha! I love your reaction!!! 🤣
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July 11th, 2018 at 3:44 pm
Ohhh, evil… positively evil… LOVeit!
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July 11th, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Thank you Jelli. 😎
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July 11th, 2018 at 4:24 pm
Oh!? The thrilling suspense! 😎🥀
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July 12th, 2018 at 12:55 am
Maybe he thanked him politely and waited for his friends to let him out next morning…😉
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July 11th, 2018 at 9:19 pm
Ut oh.
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July 12th, 2018 at 12:56 am
‘Fraid so…
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July 13th, 2018 at 1:16 pm
I like the double meaning of your use of ‘Set free’. Set free from the cage, or set free from the toils and troubles of this world. I doubt whether Roger appreciated the nuance, though!
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July 13th, 2018 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for catching that. There really is two ways of looking at what being set free means. I’m not sure Roger was interested in either at that moment. 😳
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July 13th, 2018 at 1:31 pm
So spooky Kat – think the guy was doomed from the start – very well told.
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July 13th, 2018 at 1:39 pm
Yep. He never had a chance. Thanks Francine. 😊
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July 14th, 2018 at 12:50 am
As they say, no good deed goes unpunished.
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July 14th, 2018 at 5:56 am
That’s the perfect adage! Yep
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July 14th, 2018 at 3:05 pm
Oh, horrors! Literally!
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July 16th, 2018 at 7:10 am
What an ending! Loved it!
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July 16th, 2018 at 10:45 am
Thank you Lisa. 🙂
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