Sunday, October 14, 2012

Where have they all gone?


The Sunday Flash Factory 5 to 50/55 challenge prompt words in bold.

Alice dropped the candy into the bottomless fissure for good luck. She watched it disappear from view, noting the swarthy degenerate who approached. 

"Is this a trick?" he asked. 

"No," she replied. "It's a mystery."

"How so?"

"No one can figure out where those like you have gone," she said, pushing him into the abyss.

2 comments:

  1. Love it! Don't know whether there's meant to be an oblique reference to Alice In Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole, or whether that's just my Alice in Wonderland obsession that takes me there, but fab nonetheless. Thank you!

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  2. Thanks, youngbyname. Well, there is Alice and a hole and I thought of using Wonderland in the title. . .. :)

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