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
Good story with an uplifting ending. 🙂
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I have to have an uplifting ending sometimes. I tend to go to the dark side in my stories.
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Fun story. Seems like many people are taking this route with the story. Great minds . . .
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They are? I haven’t read anything yet, I have been writing like crazy though. thank you!
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We live with such fear sometimes that we lose out on meeting good people. Nicely told story.
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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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It is always frightening when you hear those footsteps running up behind you. Nice twist at the end.
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Thank you for the kind comments and it would scare me I know.
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Good one..
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Thanks!
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Ha! She was running from the purse anti-snatcher. Nice tension leading up to the twist.
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Classic twist at the end – nicely done.
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Thank you!
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Hah! Second story that is not what it seems (regarding a lost item…) Nice twist!
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Thank you!
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I like a positive twist in the end, and the suspense was great.
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Thank you, it could have gone the other way, but there’s enough violence in this world right now.
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Yes, exactly.
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Dear Tessa,
Hey Lady! Nice build of tension and fun twist at the end.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle!
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A purse-returner? Now there’s a twist if ever I heard one! Great story!
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Thank you!
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I feel for her – what a panic. Nice twist at the end, though.
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I love twists in my stories
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The kindness of strangers is almost always unexpected now!
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We have been saying how rude people have become. No manners anymore. So rare to find them.
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yeap.
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