The Photo prompt this week may be a blast from the past for many of the Fictioneers, but it is a new challenge to me. My story based on this photo follows below.
±100 words based on this Photo prompt © Mary Shipman
Genre: Fiction
Word Count: 100
Eddie stopped just inside the doorway of the ramshackle house and took a slow look up, down and around. A group of six sparrows flew off in different directions through the exposed roof trusses over what must have been the dining room.
“What a clusterf—k this is gonna be to rewire,” he thought to himself. Eddie ducked under a broken piece of molding and cautiously walked from room to room.
As bad as it looked, it smelled worse.
“I hope that it is just a dead animal,” he thought. “I don’t need any drama in my life today.”
Allan, Thank you for not going into detail on the smell as I just ate lunch. 🙂 Well written. Someone would have to start almost from scratch in a house like that. It first needs a clean-up crew. A book on what you’ve found in those houses would be interesting and would probably be a best seller. People are curious. Well done. 🙂 —Susan
A group of six sparrows flew off in different directions Love this line
Kind of like a feathery fireworks explosion?
When you are remodeling an older house, you can uncover the worst things in the world – people will hide lots of things in a house. Good story, Thanks! Nan 🙂
Thanks for your comment, Nan, you have jogged my memory about things found during remodels. I have found some interesting stuff over the years—I might write a post about them someday.
One word: matches!
That beats ‘coroner’.
Nice one, I would be hoping for dead animals also. I am afraid I wouldn’t be thinking drama though.
It depends on the source of the smell, eh?