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As the solitary creature blinked at him from the semi-darkness at the bottom of the garden, he realised that it was alive and not a statue, an ornament or some strange gnome.
In the ephemeral, intransigent moonlight, the animal let out an eerie wail and then scampered away, disappearing behind the compost heap.
He wasn’t sure what type of animal it was but it looked feral and a bit wild.
This moment of tension, this garden encounter was enough to clear his writer’s block and inspire him to start writing a story. “Let the Wild rumpus start,” said Maurice Sendak.
[100 Words]
This story was inspired by the 50 Word Thursday Challenge, this week hosted by The Haunted Wordsmith, click on the link below to see her post:
https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2019/07/10/50-word-thursday-28/
I have also incorporated the following word prompts:
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/07/11/ephemeral/
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/07/11/rdp-thursday-solitude-solitary/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/07/11/your-daily-word-prompt-inspire-july-11-2019/
Perfect story!
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Ah, Thanks, Sadje 🙂
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My pleasure Kristian
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Maybe it was a harmless muse, deliberately having arrived to inspire him
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It could well have been. Or a Badger. 🙂
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I always confuse them~
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😉
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Kristian I have tagged you for a chapter in Teresa’s FTS:
http://tao-talk.com/2019/07/12/finish-the-story-the-future-is-down/
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Oh wonderful, thank you! I really enjoy these and I haven’t done one in a while. Thanks for the TAG. 🙂
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You are so welcome, Kristian. I still remember the chapter you wrote when you killed off the rock star and the stewardess 😉
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