So, with apologies to Roger Bultot, who took the photo, and to anyone else who thinks I ought to know, here's my story.
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REHEARSALS
The alien
clung to the beam, watching as the creatures made the same moves and said the
same words repeatedly, while others scuttled round changing the colours on
canvas walls. Hunger gnawed but there were always too many of them. It waited
patiently.
The next day
one plump specimen was on stage alone and the alien saw its chance, but when it
dropped beside it the creature whipped out a sword, cried, “Have have at ye, ye varmint!” and pinned the alien to the stage.
After a
dramatic pause a shaky voice called from the darkness, “Darling, you were
wonderful!”
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The great thing about FF is that the picture can be anything at all that you want it to be! I love your story. It made me smile :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda x
DeleteSounds like my kind of play!
ReplyDeleteLots of swash and buckle and the baddie dies?
DeleteTeehee! I like the humour of your story. Who would have thought that the dramatic muse could be so effective in self-defence?
ReplyDeleteHe'd been practising a lot!
DeleteAnd that's why we don't see aliens anymore (except it potato fields in Idaho). They were all skewered long ago as basiliks and griffins
ReplyDeleteThis was wonderful, Liz... and you know, it's not what you look at, it's what you see...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dale..
DeleteOoh, that opening gave me shivers... Terrifying to think of being watched by an alien!
ReplyDeleteYou're never more than six feet from an alien - or do I mean a spider?
DeleteDear Liz,
ReplyDeleteOthers have said it, It's what you see. ;) I liked the alien twists.
In actuality it was a synagogue in NYC that has been renovated and made into a multiple art studio. The Star of David has been replaced, as you can see. I couldn't find a single photo of it with the star.
Shalom,
Rochelle
So I was right - a deconsecrated place of worship.
DeleteIt ain't over until the fat lady sings... and slices the alien into bits. What a great take on the prompt! I love theater.
ReplyDeleteThanks MArgarisa!
Deleteit's funny as it gets. well done. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Plaridel.
DeleteStarted creepily and ended hilariously! Brilliant Liz
ReplyDeleteHere's my story!
Thanks Keith x
DeleteAnd the world was saved by an actor with a wooden sword... i imagine the alien would have grown stronger and stronger with each specimen eaten
ReplyDeleteThat's a scary thought!
DeleteNow that's entertainment!
ReplyDeleteAnd the show goes on. Thanks for commenting, Jade.
DeleteNow, that's a twist I didn't expect from the photo prompt.
ReplyDeleteBravo for a well-established story in very very few words.
Isadora 😎