IRON, SILVER & STARLIGHT
During untold eons the demon slept,
sealed for its sins in stone and held by three curses – until a quarryman’s
iron wedge revealed it to the world.
One curse lifted, it was abandoned on
a corner shelf, seething with futile rage and still clawing for freedom.
Then it caught a collector’s eye. A
palm was crossed with silver and, blithely unaware she had broken the second curse, the
woman took it home and put it on display.
When she turned to feed her child, malevolence stirred in the bottled starlight, flexed its
muscles and broke free.
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I saw a demon and spirits in this image, taken by Janet Webb and posted for Friday Fictioneers by Rochelle. Follow the links from https://rochellewisoff.com/ to read other stories from the same prompt.
Wow! Horrifying stuff. Great take on the prompt.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra.
DeleteHorror with a very light touch.
ReplyDeleteIt is a bit nasty, isn't it!
DeleteDear Liz,
ReplyDeleteThe photo does have an ethereal, other-worldly feel to it, doesn't it? Frighteningly good story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
I am trying not to wonder what comes next.
DeleteYeeks! Another horror unwittingly unleashed. Nice one!
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought those three curses would be lifted?
DeleteSo that's what's happened to my toddlers - it would explain a lot! Nice story Liz :-)
ReplyDeleteAh - yours also turned into monsters? Would you believe me if I told you they grow into humans eventually?
DeleteOoo-err!
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This is great, beautifully written and very imaginative. And very scary...--Gah Learner
ReplyDeleteThank you Gah!
DeleteSo much in so few words, scary and demonic :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Annalisa :)
DeleteHorror painted so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting, Neel.
DeleteShiver..and the worst is still to come... will it be like reality TV for us all?
ReplyDeleteNo, Bjorn - it will be much worse!
DeleteI love this. There is a hint of poetry in the underlying evil. So very well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks for seeing that, Alicia - I almost wrote it as a poem!
DeleteChilling little / big tale.
ReplyDeleteTracey
for sure, you have a great imagination. i'm a true believer now. :)
ReplyDeleteIn me or in demons, plaridel? Either way, thank you!
DeleteOh boy! Horror unleashed on unsuspecting victims. This was horrifically well written. Cheers, Varad.
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The fact that there's a child makes it worse somehow. Thanks Varad
DeleteI would love to know what happened next!
ReplyDeleteNo you wouldn't!
DeleteI loved it from the title to the end!!
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks Helen!
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ReplyDeleteBrilliant story telling !
DeleteThank you Moon.
DeleteI must say I was a bit scared at the end. A very different take on the prompt.
ReplyDeleteGood Job ..!!!
Isadora 😎
Thank you Isadora, y no te preocupa:)
DeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dawn.
DeleteWonderful description of the trapped evil spirit. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteThe picture reminded me of an engraved slate I saw once, hence the story.
DeleteCreepy but Lovely take on the prompt
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Glad you liked it, DeeDee.
DeleteThis is a great story, Liz. It sounds like an ancient oral adventure told around a fire in the Middle East. :) --- Suzanne
ReplyDeleteWow, Suzanne, thank you so much. Just what I need to hear today after yet another rejection of The Novel!
DeleteNice one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Indira.
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