PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here.
“Um, I’m not sure I know how to tell you this, but you know that statue I’m guarding?… Yes, the one believed to be a calcified giant’s head. Well, it blinked… No, I haven’t been smoking my pipe, snorting or popping pills… I slept well thanks… No family history of mental illness… Now you’re just being rude… Fine screw you, don’t say I didn’t warn you… Its eyes are opening again – shit shit…”
Back up arrived. No sign of the guard, only his phone on the cement pavers and a pile of ash. The lengths people will go to get out of work.
Being dead has other advantages too. Not only no work, but no grocery bills
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Scaring the living might be fun too…
Thanks N!
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Dear Tanille,
They shoulda listened. Who’s next on the menu? Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Truth in any madness…
Thanks Rochelle!
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This made me laugh.
Excellent.
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I went a bit warped again 😀.
Laughter is the best compliment.
Thanks C!
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I reckon that we are going to have fun with is prompt.
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Put on the silly hat? 😀
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It’s so annoying when your superiors at work just won’t listen to the people on the ground! 🙂
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I’d be concerned for when the rest of the giant’s body is unearthed. Nice game of peek-a-boo!
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I nearly called it Peek-a-boo. How fitting. Yes makes one wonder about the rest of the body.
Thanks A!
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Happens every day.
Thanks Iain!
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funny stuff
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TY 😀
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That’s it! I’ll never eat those pretzels ever again. Or was it the weird sauce that did it? Yesterday, that was a man on a horse.
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Cheap high… 😀
Thanks P!
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They never believe you till it’s too late!
Fun and entertaining!
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Moral of the story 😀…
Thanks D!
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Light of the open eye must have burnt the guard to death. On a brighter note, he need not have the guard the statue anymore. A thankless job on the best of days.
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like they say, it really boils down to what you wanted to believe. 🙂
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Indeed. The guard may have made it up and faked his death.
Thanks P!
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I like the format of hearing one side of the conversation. Poor chap 😦
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Thanks D!
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He tried to warn them. How many ash piles is it going to take? Funny stuff, especially the line about getting out of work.
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I actually watched something on cremation and humans leave behind quite a bit of ash (wish I could recall the percentage of body ratio). The stuff I watch lol.
Thanks B!
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Hmm….
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Eeee, that poor guy. It always gets the wrong ones. Fun story.
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Wonder if he captured anything on his phone…
Thanks G!
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This made me laugh. Not sure why. I love the first paragraph filled with answers that indicate what the questions are but we don’t know who’s asking.
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I saw it in my head like a movie scene.
Thanks A!
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Teehee! Grimly humorous!
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Thanks P!
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Some will never listen. Nicely told.
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Thanks Jo!
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Lovely. Hope it’s fiction.
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Fingers crossed… although giant bones would be an amazing find.
Thanks P!
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Who do I believ? I believe the guard, I don’t think he would leave his phone behind – unless there was something in his smoke!
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That would have to be some pretty potent smoke 😀.
Thanks J!
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Oh, no. I think I would have ducked faster. In fact, it wouldn’t take a second eye-opener for me. The heck with that job. A good story with dialogue, Tannille. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I hear you on that – no job is worth it!
Thanks S!
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