Today I am taking part in Mondays Finish the Story.
This is a flash fiction challenge where you are given a photo prompt to use, and the opening line to the story. The goal is to write a story, with a beginning, middle and end, using 100-150 words.
“Would anyone know if there truly was an alien invasion?” That was the topic of discussion as my Mom and I sat on the deck watching the praying mantis as it hung from the black-eyed Susan.
“Do you remember that time we were driving back from San Francisco on 280?” I asked.
“What time would that be?” my Mom replied.
“It was night time, remember? All those planes stacked up to fly into SFO; we were saying how would we ever know if any one of those lights in the sky could be an alien craft.”
“Oh, yes, I do remember that. There were what, 15 planes coming in?”
The head of the praying mantis swiveled in our direction; the tiny black pupils looked first at my Mom, then at me. Its jaws began to move ever so slightly.
“Humans,” it said, “you know too much.”
A beam of light shone down surrounding us. In a flash, they took us.
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I hope that you enjoyed today’s bit of flash! If you want to participate in today’s challenge you can by clicking HERE!
Thanks for stopping by today and have a magnificent Monday! ^..^
Simple and elegantly crafted.
Thank you! I had fun writing this one!
I am sure. 🙂
🙂
Flash and you are part of the alien larder ~ Wonderful 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
Awesome story
Thank you Sean!
You just never know! Good short story which shows a good imagination.
Thank you PJ!