Missing shoe? – Friday Fictioneers Photo Prompt

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Friday Fictioneers

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Missing Shoe

By Teresa Dean Smeigh

copyright November 2015

 

Nancy ran, quickly, stumbling on her heels. Her pursuer was gaining rapidly.

She stepped down on the drain and lost a shoe. She didn’t dare stop, he was too close.

“Hey lady, stop!” A man’s voice was shouting at her. No way was she stopping in this area.

“Lady please stop,” he said breathlessly.

Nancy tripped over a log and hurt her foot and had no choice, but to stop. She turned to face her attacker.

“Geesh lady, all I wanted to do was return your purse. You dropped it when you got out of the car.”

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses, also a devout Christian

Author – http://www.finallyawriter.com (this blog contains my old work mostly although occasionally I do add something new here), new work is mainly on this blog http://www.tessacandoit.com

About Tessa

Tessa Dean at 60 plus is still writing but slowing down because of her disabilities affecting both physical and mental abilities. She has bipolar disorder (mental), Fibromyalgia (nerves), degenerative disc disease (spine), and arthritis (joints). She has published about 12 articles on Bipolar Disorder on www.IBPF.net. She is also working on 3 fiction books (mysteries/thrillers). The books will probably never be finished, but who knows what the future holds. She keeps her blogs filled with useful content, stories and poems. Plenty to keep you busy. She has also been interviewed by blogs and had other posts published on many different blogs. She is from Southern, NJ. Her family, writing and blog keep her busy. You can also follow the progress of her memoirs on the blog. She is adding chapters a little at a time.
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27 Responses to Missing shoe? – Friday Fictioneers Photo Prompt

  1. Susan says:
    November 18, 2015 at 6:51 PM

    Good story with an uplifting ending. 🙂

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  2. aliciajamtaas says:
    November 18, 2015 at 8:28 PM

    Fun story. Seems like many people are taking this route with the story. Great minds . . .

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  3. ansumani says:
    November 18, 2015 at 9:26 PM

    We live with such fear sometimes that we lose out on meeting good people. Nicely told story.

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    • Tessa says:
      November 18, 2015 at 10:14 PM

      You are right. I sometimes feel a quickening of fear and wonder why my panic is going into play. I wasn’t threatened. I think we all do it. thanks for reading.

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  4. Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
    November 19, 2015 at 6:33 AM

    It is always frightening when you hear those footsteps running up behind you. Nice twist at the end.

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  6. rgayer55 says:
    November 20, 2015 at 3:36 AM

    Ha! She was running from the purse anti-snatcher. Nice tension leading up to the twist.

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  7. liz young says:
    November 20, 2015 at 1:21 PM

    Classic twist at the end – nicely done.

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  8. Dale says:
    November 20, 2015 at 2:24 PM

    Hah! Second story that is not what it seems (regarding a lost item…) Nice twist!

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  9. gahlearner says:
    November 20, 2015 at 7:09 PM

    I like a positive twist in the end, and the suspense was great.

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  10. rochellewisoff says:
    November 21, 2015 at 4:15 AM

    Dear Tessa,

    Hey Lady! Nice build of tension and fun twist at the end.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  11. Lorna's Voice says:
    November 21, 2015 at 8:43 PM

    A purse-returner? Now there’s a twist if ever I heard one! Great story!

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  12. Margaret says:
    November 22, 2015 at 6:21 AM

    I feel for her – what a panic. Nice twist at the end, though.

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  13. rogershipp says:
    November 23, 2015 at 9:10 PM

    The kindness of strangers is almost always unexpected now!

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