Flash Fiction: The Disappearance of Ellie Watson

The store accumulated junk. Items the fairies stole. Silly items to mess with humans. To make the humans think they lost their minds. A fairy sport. They say you should never do deals with fairies or witches.

A newspaper sat next to the till. The disappearance of a local child dominated headlines. 

Ellie Watson
Age: 7
Hair: red
Eyes: blue

The shopkeeper straightened up the painting on the wall. A quaint picture of a farmhouse. On close inspection, a little girl with hair like embers stood by the water’s edge. 

Ellie never left the town. 

She was hiding in plain sight. 

~*~

Note:
This week’s story was inspired by a scene from “The Witches” (1990), an adaptation of Roald Dahl‘s classic “The Witches”. Erica’s story entered my psyche as a kid — sad, haunting and fascinating. This flash fiction story is a part of the Fudged Up Fairy Tales series (click here).