Friday Fictioneers is hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields who provides us with a photo prompt. Each week’s challenge is to write a 100-word story inspired by the photo.
Copyright-Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Happy New Decade!
Escape Room
“A menorah, a phone from before the dawn of time, an old picture, and some crayons.”
“Photograph.”
“What?”
“Pictures are new. Photographs are old.”
“Says who?”
“Me.”
“Seriously, guys? Maybe we’re supposed to color the picture, then use the crayons as candles in the menorah…”
“Then call the Ghostbusters.”
“Will you be serious? We have less than 15 minutes left.”
“Eh. These things are impossible. The clues are ridiculous.”
Fifteen bicker-filled minutes later…
“Brrrring,” said the phone.
“Hello?”
“Your time has expired.”
Gas hissed into the room.
“Where’d you find this escape room?”
“Craig’s List. It was a great deal.”
NobbinBlog 
Who pays for the gas?
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It’s complimentary.
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Grinning
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I’ll accept that reaction.
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Oy. … I knew there was a reason I never went to one of thems …
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I’ve done one. It was pretty fun. Just be sure you find one through legitimate sources and not on Craig’s List.
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No thank you … 😉
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I was hoping for a glimmer of light at the end….
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I’m sorry to disappoint. Though I’m sure you’re not as disappointed as those in the room.
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Sheesh. I almost expected to hear they had found the chamber being sold from a Nazi prison camp!
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Oh! I didn’t even think about concetration camps and gassing their victims. It was just supposed to be a quirkly little horror story. That’s far more horrific.
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I’ve read two books in the last couple of months that were personal testimonies of Auschwitz, so that particular horror is on my mind. I’ve decided to leave that sort of reading alone for a while.
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Yeah, no book has affected me quite like Elie Wiesel’s Night.
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I’ve not read that one. It’s going on my list right now 🙂
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It’s an excellent book but very troubling and disturbing.
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It’s actually part of a trilogy. I found them for my Kindle on Amazon.
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It is, but only the first one is a true story. It’s an account of his life in the camps with his father.
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Thanks, good to know.
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Dear Nobbin,
I guess you can find anything you want on Craig’s List. I’ll pass on the gas, thanks.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I don’t think that’s what Craig had in mind. People will continue to find diabolical ways to use everything.
I tell my roommate that all the time.
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If they had known it was for real, they might have tried a bit harder! Just as well it wasn’t one where you’re trying to save the world.
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I have a feeling the puzzle didn’t have a solution that ended with them walking out alive.
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WE just had one of those places open in our area about a year ago. HAven’t gone, yet. Not one to like being trapped or enclosed I fear it would be worse than torture.
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The one I did was actually a puzzle room. We were techinically locked in, but we just had to tell them if we wanted out. This story probably won’t make you want to try it anytime soon, but I had fun with it. I want to do it again.
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In the end the deal wasn’t all that great…. chilling really
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A deal to die for. No? Yeah, it’s probably not worth it. They didn’t even finish the puzzle. Thanks.
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Very reliable, trustworthy, highly regulated marketplace is Craig’s List. I’m sure they’ll be fine 😉
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Yep. No bad can possibly come from answering a stranger’s ad online.
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Escape Room serial killer. Scary idea! Well done. Even when you’re writing horror, I see your sense of humor.
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Thank you. I have a hard time writing without humor.
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Don’t lose that! It’s a real gift. Some writers can’t find it and others lose it.
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Thank you. I will cling to it. It’s what keeps me going when I need something to keep me going.
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This reminds me so much of our recent team bonding event at escape rooms. Were you eavesdropping, by any chance? (I would’ve been the one complaining that the clues were ridiculously obscure. 😁)
Really enjoyed the morbid humor! Can’t think of a better take on the photo prompt than this one.
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Thank you. That is quite a complimented.
I was actually a few days removed from my first escape room, so it was fresh in my mind. We didn’t do so well.
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You’re welcome.
Ah, okay. My team also didn’t do so well. Some people were really competitive; I wasn’t one of them. It was a good laugh.
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I want to do it again. I think it would be more fun going in and knowing how it works and what to do.
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I would also like to play again, perhaps with another group of people.
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Yep. Friday Fictioneers escape room.
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I like the sound of that.
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