I haven’t been able to participate here at Friday Fictioneers for a while but I am glad to be back! This is the space hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This is the space where 100 authors (or so) share 100 words (or so) and 100 stories (or so) all concerning one photo.
Here is this week’s photo:
Here is my story:
The Door Of Hope (100 words)
By Joseph E. Lillie
The chain burned her ankle. Niri knew it would leave a scar.
She ran sending her senses forth. She could feel the door, had felt it since she entered the city with her masters.
Her keen ears could hear the men behind her.
She caught sight of the blue door to the Summer Lands. She was at the threshold. One push and the door gave. She fell in.
Her foot lay outside the door, stuck. The iron could not pass.
“Owen of Noy, help me!” Niri cried.
A crystal blade materialized at her side.
Niri grasped the hilt and sliced.
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Nice take. I enjoyed the video game and fantastical atmosphere of the story.
Thanks.
One nibble closer to reading your book, so enjoying your writing, Pastor J!
Thanks Deb!
Great story. I hope she is slicing the iron and not her foot!
Living sometimes costs an arm and a leg.
Owen of Noy! He’s a handy one to have around. Great buildup of tension and a satisfying escape at the end. Well told. Congratulations on your book, too.
Thank you Margaret. Owen is an adaptation of the King of the Summer lands Guin Ap Nuid. Thanks for reading.
Drastic measures for drastic times. Nicely done, and congratulations on your book.
Thank you Sandra.
Hope that Owen of Noy can design and build a bionic foot.🙂
Nope he’s not like that at all. He firmly believes there is a price to pay for everything. If entrance into the Summer Lands costs Niri her foot he thinks it a small price to pay.
Sounds like the entrance fee was reasonable… sometimes it costs an arm and a leg… But I hope it’s worth it.
Oh no..did she cut off her foot?
She had little choice. Iron cannot enter the Summer Lands.