I’m back in the room, sorry Rochelle i’ve been on holiday to my record room for a couple of weeks, and as a result have been rushed off my feet.
Kudos to Douglas M Macllroy for the snap.
Its been about 2 weeks for me of not doing this, i’ve felt weird and somehow disconnected, missing the beautiful 100 word tales from my fellow Friday Fictioneers, just goes to show life goes on. Hope everyone is ok and staying inside and away from other humans.
Thinking cap on and quickly removed as half an idea came last night, let’s see where it goes.
On My Marks…
Get Set…
GO!!!
Betsy and Billy hadn’t been out for over 4 weeks now. Betsy was dead. Taken by the virus.
The Finch arrived from wherever, every day about the same time. Landed on the sill and tap, tap, tapped on the glass; looking to the spot next to the phone where the bowl of seeds used to be.
The phone lines were down, something to do with 5G installation, the food had dried up; the seeds the last to go. He had water, a kettle and gravy granules, Betsy loved gravy.
“All things considered she didn’t taste too bad with gravy”, thought Billy
There we go, 100 words on the nose, let’s hope it doesn’t come to this, a cannibal caper.
The Count Of North Clifton 
I loved the quiet horror of the first two lines. A masterclass in the genre
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Why thank you very much.
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Enjoyed that – nothing wrong with a bit of cannibalism – in fiction, you understand 🙂
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I know, its the tastiest type of action in the lockdown! Fictionally speaking you understand
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Doesn’t sound like Billy was much good in the kitchen – fancy using gravy granules!
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Dear Shrawley,
Oh my. Oh my, my, my. I didn’t see that unappetizing ending coming. Welcome back. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks!
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It’s survival of the fittest, you just have to do what you have to do to get through…
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Although cannibalism is probably a last resort!!
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Strangely, exactly where my mind went last night!
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Great minds etc!!🤣
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Yep. I was only talking to my husband about it last night.
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That was a real gut-punch of an ending. Well done!
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Cheers, one take only, a stream of bullshit is how it usually appears!!
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No, no, no. One can’t even go near other people much less eat them.
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Times are tough…
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Wow, you had gravy with yours!
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Grave and grim with gravy.
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i didn’t expect it coming. what a twist of fate. betsy must have felt the same.
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Incrementally, slowly more and more gruesome ! Definitely a horror story, set in these weird times.
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Thanks, that’s the plan
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Killer last line! Loved it.
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Wow! thanks for reading
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I started thinking “Ooohh, NO!” about the time the finch couldn’t find the bowl of seeds. Gruesome. But would you really want to eat someone who died of COVID? Kind of risky, but maybe he didn’t care.
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Missed you, Shrawls. And what a way to come back.
But yanno… in these times it would have been wasteful not to, um, benefit from Betsy’s demise… Once cooked, any virus would be killed off anyway…
Ahem.
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No matches, I’d like to think he ate it raw, barely warmed by the gravy, reduced to less than a shell of a man. Next week will also be another hideous outing! thanks for reading Dale
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Aw c’mon, man! No matches? Betsy Sushi? Not such a good thing, then… Looking forward to your hideous (I know the picture so… it will be interesting).
I love reading you. BTW… on the WWP, your pingback was not on Sammi’s blog and I found yours in my Reader…
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Oh my god!! What’s going on with these ping backs?!! I take it the picture is yours?
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Which picture?
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You said you knew the picture
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Sorry… Rochelle showed me this week’s picture 😉 No, not mine, this time 😉
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That’s insider trading, against the rules!!😉
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Teacher’s pet. Get over it.
LOL!
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This was brilliant. Loved how the story unfolded. It kept getting worse and worse.
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Thanks! That’s the plan.
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