FF – Portal to Nowhere
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Sarah Potter.
“Hello, Control? I’m through the portal!”
crackle crackle
“I can’t hear you, can you hear me? It’s incredible, but… all black and white! My eyes! My eyes!”
“Greetings, stranger. Do not fear.”
“But… but… my eyes… black and white…”
“That is normal, my friend. You have entered the In-Between.”
“In between… where?”
“Between whence you came and your destination. A mirror world of your own, dark and without colour.”
“Where is the portal? It’s gone!”
“You can never return. But you are most welcome!”
“I am?”
“Of course! We so seldom get fresh meat… I mean a new face haha… here.”
“Ulp.”
Sharing My World 09-11-2020
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.
Do you like or dislike surprises? Why or why not?
I’m not a big fan of surprises. I like to know what’s coming so I can sort out my reaction in advance. I wouldn’t want to go into shock or burst into tears or whatever, that would never do 🙂
What’s your favourite zoo animal?
I’ve not been to a zoo for many years, and I’m not a big fan of animals being in zoos. They’re not as bad as they used to be of course with the tiny cages they used to have. I quite like the penguins.
What three things do you think of the most each day?
Hahaha oh goodness. Best not to say 😉
Let’s go for three other things. Work, what’s for tea, what shall I watch next.
When, if ever, is taking a human life justified?
To protect yourself or others.
Or when someone’s getting a bit annoying, obviously.
FF – Jinks and Simmons in – Crack Down!
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Dale Rogerson.
And now on BBC One, popular 70s police drama “Jinks and Simmons”.
(Cue cheesy 70s opening titles)
“Jinks, look at this.”
“Fairy lights?”
“Bastards. Sick, sick bastards. Break it down.”
“POLICE! NOBODY MOVE! You – name!”
“Um, Mr Wilberforce. This is my wife.”
“What’s the date, Mr Wilberforce? THE DATE, MAN!”
“Um, November 13th?”
“CORRECT! November! And what are these?”
“Um, Christmas lights. We, um, love Christmas.”
“Jinks, arrest them for offences contrary to the Misuse of Holidays Act (1697). Too early for fairy lights, Mr Wilberforce! Get these sick bastards out of my sight.”
“Sick, sick bastards.”
(Cue cheesy 70s end credits)
Sharing My World 02-11-2020
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.
Which meal is your favourite: breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
Tea, which is “dinner”, if you like (I’m not posh enough to call it “dinner” unless it’s a meal out).
I like to choose something good to watch and relax and eat. I don’t eat breakfast at all. Even when I’m in a hotel and it’s “included” I rarely eat any. I just don’t feel hungry.
Who do you admire most in the world?
Me. I’m awesome.
No, wait, that sounds a bit arrogant and self-obsessive.
No one person. Traits and actions from lots of people.
Especially from me 😉
With the obvious restrictions in place, what do you regret not doing in the last year?
Nothing much, really. A couple of birthday family get-togethers were missed, and I haven’t been able to babysit my godson and his siblings, but apart from that, I was never really one for going out.
FF – Operation Extreme Prejudice
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Rochelle herself.
Sitting in the control room, General B’Asturrd noticed a furtive movement on the CCTV monitor.
“There, d’ya see? A thief, stealing from that little stall! Commence Operation Extreme Prejudice (Beta Trial)!”
“Yessir!”
Bzzzzzzz
The festive wires hanging above the street came alive with electricity. A lightning bolt, sparking with lethal power, struck down. The thief screamed as his eyeballs exploded messily and he fell smoking to the street.
Much the same happened to the stallholders. And the tourists. And an unfortunate cat.
“A success!”
“Um, sir, it was a bit… indiscriminate. All those innocent…”
“Innocent? INNOCENT?… Everybody’s guilty of something.”
Sharing My World 26-10-2020
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.
What’s the tallest building you’ve been to the top of?
I have no idea. It wouldn’t have been very high, though. Maybe a few storeys. A multi-storey car park or something.
What do you do to keep fit?
What is this “keeping fit” of which you speak?
What’s your jack-o-lantern carved to look like?
I’ve never carved one. I’ve never known anyone who carved one. Or bought a pumpkin. Halloween is getting bigger in the UK but has never been a big thing.
Fortunately it was largely cancelled this year, for obvious reasons. In fact, trick-and-treating was illegal in much if the UK due to various local lockdown restrictions.
Nothing says “super-spreader event” quite like going round loads of houses taking sweets from dozens of strangers!
Do you have hope or have you lost it?
I hope I have hope.
Hey, looks like I do have hope!
FF – Spy Car!
Here is my post for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by J Hardy Carroll (I think).
“Synchronise watches… motion?”
“Motion is go.”
“Audio?”
“Audio is go.”
“Video?”
“Go on video.”
“Stand by mini spy car and… go go go!”
“Careful, steer round those kids… good, through the door, mind the rubbish bin… good, yes, good!”
“Nearly there!”
“Yes, just through this door, and… target acquired! He’s typing the password in! Video?”
“Video is capturing!”
“Excellent!”
“We’ll soon have complete access to the mainframe! All those grades we can change at a whim!”
“No, for £100 per grade. We’ll be rich! Rich!”
What’s this? Some pupil’s toy truck? I’M NOT HAVING IT IN HERE!
SMASH!
“Bollocks.”
Sharing My World 19-10-2020
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.
How many people in real life or on social media (including WordPress, which has become a rather social media site) do you consider good enough friends to help you ‘hide the dead body?
I’m perfectly capable of hiding my own dead bodies, thanks. Ask someone else and you’ll forever be waiting for them to break and tell someone else. Best plan – get someone else to help with the digging, then pop them across the back of the head with the shovel and bung them in the same hole.
Are You Ready To Order? What Are You Having (craving) right now?
Nothing right now but it’s early morning. Sometimes sweet, sometimes savoury, it depends on how I’m feeling.
How’s the weather in YOUR neck of the woods?
Pretty unsettled. A heavy rain shower just finished and it’s currently 9 degrees. Through the day it’s generally reaching 12 or 13 degrees.
“There has always been something.” “Before there was something, there was only nothing.” Which do you think is more likely?
Maybe there were these alien kids in another dimension who created a little universe as a school science project. After only winning third prize – after all, new universes are ten a penny – they forgot about it and it expanded. Now we live there!
FF – Yes and No
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. She also provided this week’s photo.
“That little holder for the condiments. I remember when we got that.”
“Yes.”
“We bought it in that little gift shop. On our honeymoon.”
“Yes.”
“What a time we had!”
“Yes.”
“Our kids had some fun out in the garden.”
“Yes.”
“Off at university now, the pair of them.”
“Yes.”
“Studying hard. And partying hard too, I expect!”
“Yes.”
“Aaaah… we had some good times. Great times. Wouldn’t you say?”
“Yes.”
“So… what say we give it another try? The two of us? A fresh start.”
“…”
“…?”
“No.”
Sharing My World 12-10-2020
Here is my post for Melanie’s Share Your World.
Are we “here” or do we just think we are? (A metaphysical question today folks.) Can you prove your point of view?
Are we here? Am I here? Are you here? Do you exist? Are you artefacts of my subconscious, or am I product of yours? Am I leading a life shaped by another’s fevered dreams? Am I experiencing reality in the same way as you?
These and other questions will not be answered or even considered, because that’s how you go raving mad and spend the rest of your life weaving baskets.
OR DO YOU?
From an identity stand-point, which would be the worst for you personally to lose? Your face, your body or your voice? Which do YOU identify with most strongly for your own sense of self?
Well, the only one I could function without is my voice. I’d be a right state without my face or body.
Yeah, I know that’s not what the question was actually asking 🙂
Do you have a ‘song’? If you’re part of a couple, you could use “your couple’s song” OR a song that’s just always resonated with you.
Nope. ’nuff said.
Are ghosts real or has someone been smoking something and just imagines them?
No, ghosts aren’t real. Apart from Casper, obviously. He’s real. And friendly.
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