Photo by Ryan McGuire at Pixabay.com
The engine gave a sputter as Geoff drove into his garage. He shouldn’t drive in the dark, but the streets weren’t safe for walking.
At one point he’d felt a bump and thought he heard someone screaming for him to stop, likely a carjacker. He wasn’t going to make that mistake.
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This story was written for Kat Myrman’s Twittering Tales, click on the link below to see her post. Why not have a go?
Twittering Tales #143 – 2 July 2019
I have also included the following word prompts:
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/mistake/
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/rdp-monday-sputter/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/your-daily-word-prompt-dark-july-2-2019/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/drive/
The screaming should not be ignored.
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Well, he’s got a new bumber sticker now. 🙂
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Oops, like literally!😱
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Clever! 🙂
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🙂 Thank you.
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I love that you add the challenges of prompt words to your tales Kristian. This one is definitely on the dark side. A bump and a scream? That can’t be good! But it sounds like survival here is key. Well told!
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Thanks, Kat. I like to think about the prompts and see where they take me. I also thought the picture looked a bit like someone had been runover, so I wrote a story that was full of dark humour…. at least that’s what I was going for. 🙂
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You do it so well, Kristian! I think it definitely hit the mark! 😊
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