Friday Fictioneers with Rochelle, our fearless leader, is here again with a photo by Randy Mazie. No goats were harmed in the making of this post.
“There,” Benjamin stabbed dramatically at the computer screen.
“I can’t see anything—your finger is in the way,” Zeke muttered.
Ben scowled, pulling away; Zeke studied the photo.
“All I see are a bunch of goats and some guy on a wall,” Zeke said.
“Look at the carving on the headstone,” Ben jabbed the screen again.
“Stop. Doing. That,” Zeke pulled his laptop away.
Zeke squinted at the washed-out tombstone in the forefront. Nose inches away from the screen, he gasped.
“It’s the last marker for the Prophecy, Ezekiel. We found it,” Ben said, voice hushed.
Zeke dropped the laptop.
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OH, this was priceless! I had almost written a similar style piece, ie, me the writer musing about the photo, and how it would be all too easy to write some Sacrificial Satanic Goat Ritual type thing. Or a horror story starring a Chupacabra… which is how I ended up with drunk grandpa.
I was going to do a sacrificial story only the goat is safe and the guy in the background is…not. Then I got distracted by the tombstone and voila!
I loved the title of your piece—perfection.
Funny take on the photo. Nicely done!
great way to peak a reader’s interest. I want to know more about this prophecy!
Thank you! I thought about going with a more well-known mythical discovery but I changed my mind
I loved the interaction between Zeke and Ben.
Thank you! Doing an almost all dialogue post is always tricky for me.
Dear Wanderer,
Maybe I need to take another look at that tombstone. Interesting take on the prompt. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
I wonder what this prophecy is.
And oh! I’m glad no goat was harmed in the making of this post 😀
I kept the animals safe two weeks in a row! It won’t last much longer.
The prophecy is very mysterious and prophetic. The goats know all about it.
great story. I’ve heard about goats in prophecy
The goat escaped being the sacrifice…for now 😉
So glad the goat escaped…
Well done on a great take on the prompt
Dee
This is an excellent story. I thought you created a sense of tension. Well done.
Thanks so much!
And then what happened???
I like. It’s like Indiana Jones.
It was originally the final marker to the Holy Grail…I watched the Last Crusade last week. So I changed it up!
Glad the essence was still there though! Thanks for reading.
HEY! These aren’t the same two guys from that other story with the volcano, are they? (They could be)
Right? Or even some relation to the guy with the falling brick wall. OR OR MAYBE ALL THREE ARE CONNECTED.
This is why we can’t have ice cream right before bed.
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Oh my god, I thought I had blurred it enough so that no one could make out the words or the symbols! Drat. The prophesy is out of the bag and all my prophets gone, too, I guess.
Great story. Randy
May the Goats Be With You!
*evil laughter* Not enough for my computer geniuses…although they don’t seem very bright, do they?
Glad you liked it, thanks for the pictures!
Bahhhlessings to you!
The goat appreciates your benevolence.
The goat got lucky…this time
Perfect amount of drama here.
Thank you!
Oh the horro of being the one to realize you found it. I liked the reaction!
This sounds like the beginning of an interesting story. Think you could expand this. Ron
Thank you! It actually could tie in to two other pieces I’ve written…so I just might. Thanks for reading!
Great little number. But not the start of yet another religion, I hope.
Thank you! It’s a mystery…
This certainly sounds like how friends would talk to each other — and I like the ratcheting up of the mystery at the end with the marker. Powerful enough to drop a laptop!
Thank you! All dialogue posts are tricky for me–I’m glad this one worked!
The dialogue is well paced and believable. Well done!
Thanks so much!
Funny take and great dialogue
I enjoyed this tale and react the same way when someone pokes at my monitor.
Aloha,
Doug
great dialogue, i enjoyed the interaction between ben and zeke ^^
Great story, or maybe episode. It’s all there: characterisation, appropriate dialogue, plot. Roll over Dan Brown! Ann