MFTS – Musings of a Dead Man
Here is my story for this week’s Mondays Finish the Story, conceived and hosted by Barbara Beacham. We are given a sentence to start us off, plus a picture. The supplied opening sentence is in bold in my story below.
To read this week’s other stories, click on the blue froggy. My story this week is a little bit gruesome! I blame the photo :-).
I watched the vulture looking at me hungrily as I lay on the ground bleeding and injured.
Well, “injured” is putting it mildly. I’ve been dead for days, but here I lie, waiting for… whatever. Maybe they’ve forgotten about me?
What’s that damn vulture up to now? Here it comes, right on my face. Great. There goes the other eyeball. I hope you choke on it, you stupid bird. Now I can’t see anything at all.
What happened to the chorus of angels? What happened to the bright light? Come to think of it, how will I even see the bright light with no eyeballs?
What’s that now I hear? Howling? Well, that’s just bloody brilliant, that is. Wolves. Marvellous. Here they come. At least they’ve scared the vulture away, the bastard. Yes, that’s it, feast on my intestines. No shoving, there’s enough for everyone. Bollocks.
Not that I have either of those left. The vulture had them yesterday.
Hello? Hello? Angels? Anyone? Is there anybody up there…?
Poor forgotten dead guy. Not even a zombie. Talk about unpopular. Wow, I guess HE never got picked for the teams.
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He’s always on the outside looking in, poor fellow. Story of his life (and his death).
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This is so .. yuck! Brilliantly written though!
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Thanks! Especially yucky for impending Halloween 🙂
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Aaah, another fine example of British humour. I just realised…I could hear the poor guy speaking with Dennis Waterman’s voice 😀
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He would work for the voiceover when I get this dramatised 🙂
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Fun, fun, fun
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And also fun to write 🙂
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Don’t know the voice but it was real! Well done!
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Thanks! He seems to be taking it rather well, all things considered 🙂
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OMG! I can’t stop grinning like an idiot while reading your tale! This just made my day. Clever! 😀
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I’m glad you enjoyed it! I had fun writing it, I love writing stuff like this and this picture gave me my chance 🙂
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Well, Ali, I see you’re still in your dark, dark Halloween mood. You really leave a vivid picture in a reader’s mind.
Well written, though. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Ghosts and ghoulies and people getting eaten in the desert 🙂
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er ma gerd! 😀
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Ooh yers indeedy 🙂
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Great story! Really enjoyed your take on the prompt, very creative!
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Thanks! This sort of “humour” is exactly what I like to write 🙂
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You stitched this story very well my friend! Not as gruesome as I thought it might be. Thanks for sticking around with the MFtS challenge. Be well… ^..^
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At lease he was technically dead at the time. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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By the time I got to the wolves howling and the dead man thinking that just “bloody brilliant” I screeched out loud, but it was with laughter. You certainly have a unique perspective when you write!
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He’s one of life’s “victims”. Though this time he really is :-). I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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having a bad day then ?
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He’s seen better 🙂
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Buster has confirmed to me that this is a much more accurate version of the afterlife than all that rubbish we’ve been led to believe for years. Now I need to go out and find some protection for my bollocks…
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If anyone would know, it’s Buster! The purchase of bollock protection is always money well spent.
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Now that was well worth reading! Your descriptions of the disappearing body parts are deliciously graphic.Lol. Your imagination certainly went to town on this one.
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The combination of the photo, opening sentence and impending Halloween just screamed out for a bit of gruesome 🙂
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You do ‘gruesome with humour’ so well. 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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That did make me giggle I have to say lol
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It made me laugh too while I was writing it 🙂
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Talk about having a bad day!
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It’s hard to see how it could get any worse!
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