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. Click here to play along or just read more stories.
This picture conjures so many possibilities, the forts we made as teenagers, the horror short we made called “The Shack” about a vengeful ghoul who “lived” in a shack in the woods. We got it on the local TV channel. I did the music and got slaughtered in the film. The hermit of Dagobah comes to mind, but that story’s been told. This is my third try, and I had to cut it in half. Let’s see how it goes.
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Brittany wanted to venture off the trail. Vincent looked at the darkening clouds.
“I don’t know, Britt. We should get back.”
“A little rain never hurt anybody.”
Brittany ignored Vincent’s protest and trekked off into the woods. Vincent sighed and followed.
As is Brittany’s luck, when the wind started howling, the rain started pounding, the thunder rippled, and the lightning crackled, they stumbled upon a shack. They ran in. The door slammed behind them.
“That was the wind, right?”
“The door’s stuck.”
If you scream in the woods and no one’s around, does your scream make a sound?
NobbinBlog 
I call that shack bait as surely as the witches candy cottage. Good one.
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Another form of sweet relief. Thank you.
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You’re welcome.
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Never, ever venture into a shack in the woods, whether made of gingerbread or not
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Sage advice. I’ve done it, and it actually worked out well for me, but I’ll keep that in mind in the future.
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Wow! Third try is the beginning of a hell of a horror story! Nice work!
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I love to get those wows! Thanks, Mason.
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You’re welcome.
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I ALWAYS poke my head into abandoned shacks. Perhaps not ones made of concrete. Too confining and, well, the door might slam shut. Nice take on the story.
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Of course. It’s something to explore. Looking inside is not optional. Thank you, and thanks for the inspirational pic.
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Cannibal witch? I have a one-track mind this week. Fantastic atmosphere.
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A witch never crossed my mind. A Wiccan maybe. Thanks, T.
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Leave Wiccians alone… 😛
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Not until they stop stealing my potatoes.
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You’re lucky that’s all they steal!
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When one person wants to go back and the other disagrees and strides off into the woods, it’s never going to end well…
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That’s an excellent point.
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There will be recriminations galore for a while, I guess.
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It depends on how long they last.
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A shack-attack. This does not bode well methinks!
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Shack attacks scarcely do.
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Oh Nobbin,
That last line sent shivers through me timbers. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ooh, an “Oh Nobbin.” Thank you, Rochelle.
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N.,
They escaped the storm only to wind up in . . . .God-knows-what-kinda-trouble! It’s a haunted shack for sure. :>)
pax,
dora
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It’s definitely something bad.
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Seems like they fell for the witch’s trap. The scream alerts the witch and she cackles with glee.
let’s hope they find a way out before she returns.
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Anything’s possible. Most of that shack looks like it wouldn’t hold up to much pressure.
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Nice! Didn’t see that shock coming at all.
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Now, you’ve seen it and know to avoid that cabin. Thank you.
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Absolutely! lol
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I loved building forts in the woods growing up. A fantastic last line, Nobbin. I do hope there’s another door or I think the outcome will not be so nice. A great suspense!
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That shack looks frail enough to make another “door.” Time may not be on their side. Thank you.
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Great last line! (Love that you made a gory short too!)
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Thank you. There’s something about a battered shack in the middle of the woods that hm-hm screams for a horror story.
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I love it, great story. I also love the intro. I’d have peeked in, too.
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Thank you. Yeah, for the adventurous abandoned shacks, especially in the woods, are irresistible.
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Teehee – George Berkeley speaks through your last sentence. In other matters, there are risks in any adventure; I hope this couple manage to unjam the door.
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I didn’t know the origin of the quote, but that’s what I was going for. George Berkeley. What a great name. I don’t know. They may not like what they find on the other side of the door.
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Oh hell… that’s not good no matter how you look at it!! Well done!
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That’s what I was going for, horrifically ambiguous. Thanks, Dale.
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😀
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Oh my! “If you scream in the woods and no one’s around, does your scream make a sound?” That’s a very chilling tale indeed.
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That’s the idea. Thank you.
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