Flash Tales #24: Fear Death by Water
PROMPT: For this story, our prompt is somewhat multiple-choice. I want you to pick a card from the Major Arcana Tarot deck and write a story based on it. Your inspiration can hew as closely or as loosely to the source material as you’d like.
GENRE: Open
LENGTH: <1,100 words
DEADLINE: 11:59 pm, Thursday, June 4, 2015
Very short one, this time. http://scribblesofarose.webnode.com/news/guardian/
Wondering if I managed to capture the feel of a specific card, despite including a red herring:
http://remfields.com/2015/06/05/search-and-seizure/
I think you captured the overall feel perfectly, Rem. Great atmosphere in this piece, and bits of worldbuilding that aren’t even worldbuilding. Just bits and hints. Love it; especially the ending. And I really like “she rambled” as a dialogue tag. I’m gonna have to figure out a way of using that one,