FF – Ye Tragedy at Red Mountain
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Jean L. Hays.
Here’s the link for all the stories. I don’t know how to make the big blue froggy work 😦
I was in a weird mood when I wrote this and I had a headache. So here’s a weird story which will give you a headache.

Copyright Jean L. Hays
Ye Tragedy at Red Mountain
And so did it come to pass that the killer slugs reached Red Mountain, and thus did the townsfolk shelter in ye Deli, for its shelves were filled to bursting with salt.
And the townsfolk did surround ye bastion with salt, and the slugs did dissolve, and the townsfolk did rejoice, and did not escape as they were urged!
As the salt did deplete, removed they their eye-glasses to construct a giant magnifier. And brave Sebastian did climb the roof with the glass to fry the slugs.
And then did the sun go in and the townsfolk did die.
Idiots.
The End.
Good grief…. how fast is a slug? I’m pretty sure you could walk away from one and leave it in the dust. They must be descendants from the town that got buried by a glacier in the ice age….
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These were extra fast killer slugs. You barely had time for a nice cup of tea and a bit of a nap before they were… very slightly closer.
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Yup. Morons. Gotta love’em.
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If only they’d gotten funding for that great big salt-infused wall… 🙂
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A regular slug-fest! I LOLed! 😀
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The slime! The slime!
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Dear Ali,
Yay did I read thy story and am greatly humoured by it. However the image of giant slugs dissolving in salt hath my innards roiling. A good afternoon to you, sir.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Do not worry thy head over the frog. The link you included works just as well. Sorry to make it difficult. Change is always challenging.
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The weird thing with InLinkz was it no longer recognised my login, but let me sign up again to post my link using exactly the same details as I had before 🙂
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Dear Rochelle,
Tis indeed a mental image to bring internal discomfort to the most stalwart of persons 🙂
Ali
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Good grief – that was some, slimy story! 🙂
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Pretty gross, huh? 🙂
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That was different, and disgusting!
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Yes to both!
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That was hilarious. Glad to see your sense of humour works despite a head that aches ye.
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It’s still there, just a bit weirder 🙂
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They made the mistake of touching the slime. No chance of escape after that. I should know. Ooh……….ouch…………Argh!!!!!!!!!
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It drags you in, never again to escape.
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A biblical epic!
See ya —
Neil Scheinin
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An epic in 100 words – now that’s something 🙂
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I’m giving Red Mountain a miss in all our vacation travel plans in perpetuity.
You can’t blame the villagers for trying a “dessication” disposal, though. Burying rotting slugs would have led to charges of creating a toxic waste dump, and environmentalists would be up in arms if they’d tossed salted slugs in the river. Times have changed since the Thames was a murky stream. 😉
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It’s a lovely place, really 🙂
Yes, dissolving everything is definitely the way to go these days.
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Yep. Idiots. Hahah
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So sure were they of their master plan…
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Hey, it was working so far. Who knew the sun would go down?
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Not them, for sure!
Sorry, I don’t know why your comments consistently go into moderation. People who have commented before are supposed to be “let through” 🙂
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Slugs a slimy creatures. Good that salt can stop their invasion.
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I’ve used it myself in times gone by (damp student accommodation!).
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That’s going to be one hell of a slime bath out there…
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It is. Urgh!
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These slugs must have been related to the giant worms they made those movies about. Too bad there weren’t any cliffs they could entice them to run over. I feel sorry for people who are dumber than slugs. Funny stuff, Ali. 😀 — Suzanne
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I reckon these slugs were far cleverer than giant worms. Cleverer than the townsfolk, anyway 🙂
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Verily a tale of ingenuity, heroism and an unfortunate disregard of the weather. Yea, thine imagination runneth wild this week!
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It did runneth somewhat wild 🙂 I suppose it’s possible that’s snow and not salt in the photo 🙂
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You’ve successfully made a horror story hilarious 🙂 And it didn’t give me a headache!
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Win win 🙂
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A great little story cleverly written! Brilliant.
My FriFic tale!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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it looks like some townsfolk were so hardheaded for their own safety. 🙂
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They really should have run 🙂
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made me laugh! Well done
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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Love this story Ali. The Old Testament meets a plague of slugs, told with stern authority. Last word is perfect : ‘idiots ‘.
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I can’t help thinking that slugs were really under-represented in the Old Testament 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Sounds like a great syfy movie. Great job.
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I hear there’s already interest in Hollywood (they all read my blog, you know!) 🙂
I’m glad you liked it!
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Yikes! The attacketh of the killeth’r slugs did turn out beest a tragedy in act one itself. Nice one forsooth.
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It pleases me that thee liketh mine story and I thanketh thee for thine comment 🙂
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EEew, I can barely tolerate the tiny variation, but giant killer slugs? And then you force me to laugh about them? 🙂
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Yeah, sorry about that 🙂
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Ugh, the slugs.
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That’s what I’ll call the film adaptation – “The Slugs”. Pretty catchy, eh?
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Thank Cat we only have good slugs…I hope they don’t turn into these… slimers😹Extra Pawkisses🐾😽💞
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I don’t think European slugs are as prone to homicidal thoughts 🙂
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Hilarious. Your headaches are obviously very conducive to creativity.
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Two Lemsips and four Ibuprofens later and it finally went away. I’m glad you liked it!
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They fried the slugs and then got themselves fried. Such idio—I mean poetic—justice! 😁
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Not the sharpest people in the world!
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Idiots…lol
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🙂
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A beer trap, that would have done the trick. But of course, they would spill a lot of beer…
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Waste all that beer? Absolutely the last resort!
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Over our dead bodies! (Screams of pain and terror echoes through the streets)
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Epic. Brave Sebastian was probably made a saint.
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Saint Sebastian of Red Mountain does have quite a ring to it!
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🙂
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