I am taking part in Mondays Finish the Story 09/02/2015, which is a challenge that provides a photo prompt and the opening sentence to your story. The rules indicate that the story you come up with must be between 100-150 words.
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MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (10)
by John Yeo
Dropping her line into Fools Lake, she patiently waited for something to bite.
Hillary was on leave, visiting friends in Arizona. Fly-fishing was a passion of hers from way back.
There was a piercing sound from a cell phone in her rucksack. ‘Damn! I’m sure I turned that off,’ she thought.
Marg, her employer who owned the investigations agency she worked for, had had a narrow escape and needed her help.
Hillary picked up a flight from Phoenix to Anchorage in Alaska and 6 hours later, collected a package from Marg, at “Humpys,” a restaurant in the airport complex.
Marg related her miraculous escape from the secretive Dickus’s lab that blew up after explosive charges detonated, when she retrieved some documents from a large safe. Marg needed to get back to London to meet the Brigadier, as she was now a target of the organisation. Hillary agreed to deliver the package to their office and returned to Arizona.
A motorcycle roared up ~
(150 Words) ~ To be continued….
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A lot happened in this short story! Curious for the conclusion.
Emily ~Thank you for your response ~ This is part 10 of the ongoing Saga of the intrepid adventurer and private investigator, Marg~ 10 weeks of responses to the wonderful varied prompts and first lines provided by Bab’s ~ You will find the previous episodes by following the links to the previous episodes ~ Thanks for taking the time to read and comment 🙂
Yay, I knew Marg would escape that explosion! But will she escape the motorcyclist (or is that just a red herring)?
Thanks Ali ~ I have a few ideas gelling ~ A lot depends on next weeks prompt ~ I’m glad you are enjoying Marg’s ongoing ongoing novella ~ 🙂
Like Draliman, I knew Marg would make it! Now, who is it on the motorcycle? Hmmmm…new character? Loved your story John! Thanks again for participating! See you next week? Be well… ^..^
Anything is possible ~ With the jump from pet wolves to fish ~ Could be the return of an old friend or a sinister plot connected to seagulls ~~ Thanks for providing such imaginative prompts Babs ~ 🙂
Thank you John!
I look forward to the continuation next week!
Thanks Priceless Joy ~ I hope you will not be disappointed ~ Thanks for your response 🙂
Good continuation of the saga. I wonder who is on the motorcycle…?
Yes ~ I have several lines of thought on this afairymind ~ A mystery that will be resolved next Monday ~ Thanks for your very encouraging response ~ 🙂
I knew Marg would make it through that explosion. Yippee! And so her escapades continue. I wonder what that motorcyclist is going to do! No doubt I’ll find out next week. Good story, John 🙂
This could lead to the start of another twist in the tale Millie ~ Thanks so much for your ever welcome response ~ 🙂
Enjoying “Mysterious Island” stories. Very good. Never had any luck, myself, doing continuing stories with writing challenges or prompts. You;’ve been pulling of beautifully 🙂
Thanks Tena ~ I intend to do my best to go with the flow of Bab’s fabulous prompts~ 🙂
They are good 🙂
Another exciting episode with a cliffhanger ending, John. We’re all waiting for the next one. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
Many thanks Suzanne ~ It will be following soon 🙂
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Hi John,
Very interesting reading.
There is something I’m not clear about.
So you keep the same characters?
Is that the required format or is it your novel idea?
Cheers
JB