It’s time once for Friday Fictioneers, brought to you by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Our wonderful photo is courtesy of Claire Fuller.
It’s a beautiful, sunny day in California, so I’m not quite sure what inspired this story.
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Genre: Horror/99 words
Copyright-Claire Fuller
Inspiration
It was just as he remembered them with their heads resting upon each other, his outstretched fingers patting her hair as blood spilled onto the floor into a sticky red pool. He met the same fate in a moment’s time with a slash to the jugular.
When he began sculpting, he arranged them in this exact positioning, although he fought the temptation to try a more pleasing design. They at least had earned this much and deserved the dignity of the memory of their death together.
His art required precision, carving the details into his chosen subjects for eternity.
Oh wow. This is creepy good!
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Thanks, Deana! I appreciate it.
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well now that’s a change for ya. Really pretty creepy. I liked it!
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Thanks, Jackie! I appreciate it.
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Fantastic – just enough horror without too much gore 😀
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Thank you, Dianne. I hope it was horrific enough!
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Nicely done!
I’d have gone with something about melting faces.
(Yours was much better.)
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Thanks, Guapo! Melting faces could have promise. Pretty good yourself!
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Wow… A tasteful creepy :)!!! Very nice
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Thanks, Boomie! Ha ha…I like that, tasteful creepy.
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Very nice and romantic and freaky at the same time. 😉
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Thanks for your nice comment, Becca, I appreciate it.
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Ewwwwww
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I’ll take that as a compliment…thanks!
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Yes 🙂
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Thanks.
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Very creepy. Well done.
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Thank you, Sandra.
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Sent shivers down my spine, you write a cold hearted killer very well. Should we be worried? 🙂
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Ha! No need to worry. 🙂
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creepy! Like it 🙂
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Thank you, Ken. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Dear Amy,
You are channeling something spooky and I’m nervous. What a great little tale of terror. Nice day, indeed.
Aloha,
Doug
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Dear Doug,
I’m glad you enjoyed my tale of terror. Don’t be nervous! Thanks for joining me.
Aloha,
Amy
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You certainly created great visuals. Good stuff!
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Who knew there were so many macabre artists around? You brought this to life (in a manner of speaking.)
janet
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Thank you, Janet. I guess there’s something a little spooky about still heads.
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Gruesome. That’s not modelling from life, but from death. I liked it. I wondered though whether the use of ‘he’ and ‘his’ for the sculptor and one of the victims confused things a little bit? “It was just as he remembered them with their heads resting upon each other, his outstretched fingers…” but maybe it was just me.
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Thanks, Claire. With two characters being “he,” you’re probably right. Maybe I chould have named the main character. Maybe that would help. I appreciate your feedback. Thanks! I really love your sculpture, too. It didn’t really make me of death. It’s really quite beautiful.
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Dear Amy,
Your story gives new meaning to keeping the memory…um…er…alive, so to speak. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. Thanks for reading mine.
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Yikes–very visceral. And I’m glad it’s sunny in your part of California, ’cause the sun wants nothing to do with my part of paradise.
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Thanks, Smak. Sorry about the sunshine. I hope it comes your way soon.
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Yikes!
The yugular, that’s a lot of blood….
I feel sorry for whomever had to clean that mess.
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Yes, me too! I guess it would be this guy who would do it. I guess he doesn’t mind the blood!
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Dear Amy,
This is one way to get your subjects to sit motionless while you’re sculpt them. A very intriguing take on the prompt.
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Thank you, Russell. I’m not sure why I went this direction, but there you have it. Indeed, they would be easier to sculpt this way.
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oh, the horror, a pool of blood and…heck, i love your story!! that is the way to write it! ❤
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Thank you so much, Sunshine! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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🙂
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Wow, good job. That is pretty macabre. I saw you listed it as horror and got very interested. 🙂 It works especially well with the pictures, since the sculpture looks a bit like the faces of corpses.
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Thanks, David. I agree the sculpture did have that corpse look. I’m not sure if that’s what inspired this. I just kind of went with it. I’m glad you liked it.
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Gruesome macabre and sick.. I love it. Talking about California it reminds me a little about some of the darker characters from Michael Connelly… I expect Harry Bosch to enter.
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Thanks, Bjorn. That’s a nice compliment! I appreciate it.
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Nicely dark, Amy!
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Thank you, Cathy!
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I like it. I mean, art is subjective, so why *wouldn’t* someone think of doing this sort of immortalization? 😉
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I hope I it didn’t scare you, Madame. Unless, of course, you like to be scared 🙂 Of course, why not? Right? It seems logical to me.
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Great word images–I actually looked up at the picture again to see if I had missed the blood!!
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Thank you, Ly. Thanks for the nice compliment!
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Wow! Gripping stuff, Amy!
(And here I was feeling bad for making so much noise cutting a hardboard panel for my next project in my apartment!)
🙂
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Thanks, Robert. That’s very kind of you to say. You now have my permission to cut the headboard! 🙂
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Yikes… I’ve quit… for now.. I’ve really got to figure out where to do this (one of the few things that bothers me about living in an apartment is bothering everyone else). I FINALLY get started and it’s SO LOUD!!! *sigh*
🙂
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Hmm…sounds like it might be a tad loud. Yikes. A studio perhaps?? Who has an extra garage you know? Anyone? You could use my garage, but I’m not sure how that would work out for you…sigh!
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Wow Amy! What style you authored here. I am about to develop a complex about sculptors!
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Thanks, Joe! What a nice compliment. I appreciate it!
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Wonderful!
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Thank you, Mari!
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a minor thing: in this exact positioning although he fought . should be a comma after “positioning.” but i love the creepiness of what they deserve after the slaughter.
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Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. I’m hope I creeped you out good.
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much goodly. i just started reading tonight. i suck!
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Nah…you do what you can, Rich! I wouldn’t worry about it. I know people will still love hearing from you. My theory is there no such thing as being late on the blog. That’s truly what I feel. So, there.
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who am i to argue? you win.
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Ok! I’ll take winning anytime.
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This was creeperific!
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Thank you, kindly, Hook sir!
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Thank you, kindly, Hook sir!
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Thank you for the great read!
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Not sure you’ll top that…but, I’m sure if we put our heads together, we’d come up with something.
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Ha ha. Thanks for the visit!
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