Listen to the stories (Friday Fictioneers)
It was a street of mystery.
A street of danger.
The old women say if you turn down that way you are never seen again. They shake their heads, they spit, they pray to the old gods. Bah! You take your life into your hands if you follow that path.
That night, she didn’t have a choice.
She ran, chasing the boy who grabbed her bag. “Stop!” Two sets of thumping feet became one. She stopped and peered through the fog. Fog? The haze covered everything. She heard a bell.
The old women shake their heads. Don’t walk down there.
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Rambles, writing and amusing musings 
Very atmospheric. I wonder if the thief met a gruesome end, and whatever dwells on that street, in the fog/haze, thus satisfied, will allow her to escape.
Thank you! Hmmmm good questions. I wonder if she will return?
Potential for another story should the prompt “arise.”
The fog! The fusion! The old women were right!
Oh yes… always listen to those old women, they know!
Sounds like thief alley, a place of no return where the fog absorbs all the victims. A mystery of horror.
Oh yes… do not enter if you value your life!
Oh well done! I could see this happening. 😱
Pax,
Dora
Thank you!
Oh, this is dark. Never ignore a lady is the lesson here. Nice one!
Exactly !
It was great and suspenseful and atmospheric with the old ladies and the fog and all. Then came the bell. That bell is the cherry on top, it makes it really, really creepy. Like in Poe’s “Bells, bells, bells, bells…” 🙂
Thank youuuuu! ❤
Always listen to the old ladies! Enter at your own risk.
😀
Well done, Laurie. Intriguing story. 🙂
Thanks Bill!
This is great! Ignoring the warnings and running into the abyss – never wise.
Here’s mine!
True words!
Dear Laurie,
Apparently what the old women said was true. Mysterious and compelling story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle! The women know!
Ooh, love it!
Thank you!!
Always listen to the women who pray to the old gods. Hopefully the bell was signaling the way out, but I kind of doubt it. Great story!
I’d say you are very right Michael!