MFTS – You Can Run, But…
Here is my contribution to Barbara Beacham’s Mondays Finish the Story. We get an opening sentence (in bold in my story) plus 150 words to write a story in response to a photo.
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Copyright B.W. Beacham
He thought he found the perfect hiding spot.
“This’ll do,” thought Drexel, Imp of the Realm of Embarrassing Incidents. “He’ll never find me here!”
Not only had Drexel snuck out of the Netherhells, shifted realities and travelled half way across the universe, but he’d also found a handy curtain to hide behind.
“Finally free!” he thought. “They may send the Hounds of the Netherhells after me to eat my flesh. They may send the Renders of Doom to tear me limb from limb. They may even send the Gatekeeper of the Hopeless Realms to eat my brains. But all for nought. They will never find me! My plan is faultless, bwahahaha…”
“I SEE YOU!” boomed a voice from the other side of the curtain.
“Shit.” It was GRaw’Que Gan, the hideous and evil Prince of the Demesne of Unfortunate Mishaps.
“YOUR PAWS ARE STICKING OUT, MORON. MY TURN TO HIDE NOW.”
Drexel covered his eyes with his paws. “One, two, three…”
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I love it. Hide and seek with the demons of another dimension. Adds a certain something to the game 🙂
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It’s much more fun with demons!
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Too funny, love all the demons, their names and talents, amazing work! This is a real jem!
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I’m glad you liked it! It’s fun thinking up silly demon jobs 🙂
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OK, I am kind of freaked out by the picture still…
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It is a pretty freaky picture isn’t it? I was like “whoa, look at those eyes” 🙂
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Brilliant! An unusual Sci-Fi approach to the prompt ~ A classic tale of the other side ~ There is a hellofalotmore in the Netherhells ~ 🙂
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They walk (hide) among us…
I’m glad you liked it !
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Brilliant! Sometimes, I wonder if cats are possessed by demons…
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I think the Egyptians thought they were. I wonder if they were right…
I’m glad you liked it!
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Love the names of the characters and where they come from…..it makes this more than a fun hide-and-go-seek game. Excellent twist at the end too!
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Even residents of the Netherhells take time off for fun and games 🙂
It’s always fun thinking up silly job titles for denizens of the lower realms!
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“Bwahahaha” had me laughing. That is a wonderfully constructed paragraph. Loved the story Ali! Nicely done. Until next time…. ^..^
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I’m glad you enjoyed my little hide and seek story!
All the best villains say “bwahahaha” 🙂
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They do indeed!
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Great story which fits the picture very well indeed!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! I had to explain the glowing eyes somehow 🙂
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What a cute funny story! I thought it was brilliant!
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Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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How embarrassing, to be found through exposed paws. Let’s hope GRaw’Que Gan gives away his hiding place with an unfortunate mishap. 🙂 I love this, Alistair. Very clever take on the prompt. 😀
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After all the trouble he went to as well. Somehow I doubt GRaw’Que Gan will be any more successful 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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LOL! Hilarious story and great pic. ❤
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Your stories are always fresh, interesting and entertaining.
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Thank you 🙂
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Ali, you outdid yourself with this one. I wonder who’s hosting these otherworldly demons in their home. It’s very generous of them but more than a little weird. Hilarious and well written. Your imagination knows no bounds. 😀 — Suzanne
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I don’t think the owners know that they’re there! I bet they’d freak out if they saw them. I’m glad you enjoyed my story 🙂
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Pull in the paws and turn off the eyes next time, netherhellion!
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Even if he’d remembered the paws, those eyes are definitely a big give-away! It’s hard to hide when you’re an Imp.
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So funny! ‘Shifted realities’ i loved.
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He pulled out all the stops to hide away 🙂
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LOL you never fail to entertain D-man 😀
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I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Wonderful!!! Nothing better than a game of hide and seek!!! Terrific story!!!!!
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Even denizens of the Netherhells enjoy a good game 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Hehehe. Bwahahaha! great story.
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Hee, thanks!
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Funny. I’m still lauhing and trying to pronounce the demon names. 🙂
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I’m glad you liked it! I had fun thinking up the demon names 🙂
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Ok I was one of “those” people on public transport who laugh at their phones.. Very funny Drali- this reminded me of terry pratchett, especially if something Rincewind the wizard would do/say 🙂
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I’m glad you liked it, and thanks for the comparison to Terry Pratchett! Rincewind is one of my favourite characters though, unlike Jed, he always managed to extricate himself from all his many scrapes 🙂
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Well I suppose Rincewind did have the intellectually superior librarian around to save him. Ook!
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Yes, the Librarian was quite the clever monkey (OOK OOK!) aargh, help, I didn’t mean “monkey”… 🙂
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Ah.. I feel like reading the old books again now!
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Another hilarious story! Hide and seek amongst the demons, hiding in places half way across the universe, sounds like great fun to me. And even demons need to let their hair down now and then. 🙂
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They do like to let their hair (or horns) down occasionally! All work and no play makes Drexel a bad Imp 🙂
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Love it! 😀
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Thanks 🙂
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