FF – Meticulous
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Jan Wayne Fields.
I was so busy today I forgot to write a story at lunchtime and had to bang it out, well, now, so today’s is a bit of a grim one I’m afraid.
Simeon surveyed his stationery. Everything neat and tidy. Just like him. Everything neatly arranged, everything in its correct place. A place for everything, and everything in its place. Nothing amiss.
So many uses, his stationery. Correspondence, drawing, pinning, stapling, sticking. It was amazing what one could do with such a collection. Virtually everything could be used to pop an eyeball, or to insert forcibly into an orifice.
He smiled, donned a pair of pristine white gloves and, selecting a paper clip, strode off towards the basement.
It would never do to keep his guest waiting.
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That turned weird
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He’s a weird kinda fellow.
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Lovely and gory!
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Exactly what I was going for!
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Pristine white gloves? Why bother?!
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It would never do to soil his immaculate hands 🙂
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Who knew office supplies could be so gruesomely employed? 😀
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Every pencil a lethal weapon 🙂
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Grim, sure. Entertaining though. Like the start of a good thriller.
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Yes, I wonder where all this will lead?
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I’ve decided I might need help. I have this crazy obsession for stationery stores…pens, paper, notebooks… 😮
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Oh, my word 😮
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😀 😀 😀
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Eeeek! That one could turn into a real James Patterson thriller!
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Who knows what will happen next? It’s about to get real…!
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I know–and it fills me with dread.
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And my muse just wanted to throw rocks at people’s heads haha. I enjoyed this story, beg for more.
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It took a while to find a story in this photo. I’m glad you liked my shift to the dark 🙂
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Love it, Ali!
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Thanks! A dark twist in the tail a la you!
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Keep it grim. I wouldn’t have my FF stories any other way…
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It’s good to do dark without any humour whatsoever once in a while…
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Wait….. you mean I wasn’t supposed to be laughing? Hee hee! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (Puts hand in vest)
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Blimey, that’s a bit sinister! Next time I go to a stationery store I’ll be imagining alternative uses for pencil sharpeners and shredders!
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Just be careful not to muse out loud!
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Grim indeed! You and Tannile need to get together and have a gore fest. 🙂
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Sounds fun. The TanniDrali gore fest extravaganza 🙂
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Hehe!
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Grim. You carry on where CE Ayr leave off. 😦
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Indeed. I was a bit “classic CE Ayr” wasn’t it?
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Woe! Not where I thought it was going! Enjoyed.
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A grim little twist 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Your ‘site’ won’t let me post comments? I had to do it through you reply? Am I doing something wrong with the computer??
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Sorry to hear that. It depends on what error/issue you got. I’ve not heard anything from anyone else.
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I am glad I am not being shunned. I am used to have personal computer problems.
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Wow, that had one heck of a twist. You’re right — grim. Glad I was forewarned. Are you working on a Kay Scarpetta-type novel, by any chance?
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If it’s not going to be funny, it needs to be grim and twisty 🙂
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Dear Ali,
Very grim indeed and not in the Grimm’s Fairy Tale way.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I thought it was past time for a grim non-humorous tale.
Ali
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I think I would pass on that invitation.
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I think it’s too late for his current “guest” 😦
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i wonder what he intends to do? perhaps fix a leaking faucet? 🙂
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Yes, that’s it, for sure 🙂
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I was rolling along so nicely, then … eyeball … orifice … oh dear. What a diabolical twist. Great job, Ali!
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Thanks! You didn’t really think it was going to end with him just contemplating his stationery, did you? 🙂
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I’m glad you warned us it was a bit grim. You didn’t disappoint – it was! Unfortunately the human capacity for being nasty to each other is just about inexhaustible.
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It is, it’s incomprehensible sometimes.
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Somehow I had a feeling his neatness would be put to more sinister purposes. I bet there are more OCD serial killers than any other segment of society.
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And it feels all the more sinister, a meticulously neat and tidy serial killer.
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Why is it always the freakishly neat ones that are so depraved? lol.
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It’s weird because he’s going to be making quite a mess downstairs 🙂
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When I saw the picture, I knew.
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What else does one do with so many sharp objects? 🙂
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Write a short fiction, may be? 😉
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