An interesting photo prompt from Friday Fictioneers this week, courtesy of Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Time for a change, I think.
Genre: Paranormal
The babble of unholy voices tumbles from the dangling earpiece, then ceases abruptly as I touch it, leaving only a gentle hissing on the line; softened wax begins to ooze down the menorah, yet there are no candles.
I stare into the face in the photograph, as his mouth curves into a cynical smile.
The red crayon scrawls on the photographic border.
“You must come to me.”
“I’m needed here,” I say.
A tinny voice echoes from the earpiece.
“Come now. Or tomorrow there will be no ‘here’.”
For all your sakes, I must go.
Will he never let me be?
castelsarrasin 
Dear Sandra,
What a lovely spooky tale to wake up to. Your spirit voice seems a little bit evil, if that is even possible. I suppose you are either evil…or not. In any event, I thank goodness for her that this is only a story. “Don’t go into the light….”
Aloha,
Doug
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Thank you Doug. You take care this weekend.
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Oooooh, Sandra. Eerie little story. I love the way you incorporated each object. As I write the phone in the photo is on the antique desk beside me. So far it’s silent…
Another good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, and for an inspirational photograph.
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Haunting.
Excellent piece, as always.
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Thank you Abraham! 🙂
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Mehn, damn Gorgeous! [Can I use that word for a story?] Very creative use of the prompt!!! 🙂
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You can use any word you like for my story Charles, as long as it’s not rude! 🙂 Thank you for dropping by.
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Eerie! I’m staying away from any antique phones, that’s for sure! Nice job.
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Thanks Perry!
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Right up my alley!
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Thanks JK!
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If I were Rochelle, I’d be getting all that spooky stuff out of my house ASAP! Your first two paragraphs especially had me seriously on edge. Shudder!
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So would I! Especially the phone… Thanks for dropping by.
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Don’t believe everything you hear…
Randy
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LOL
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Or everything you read… Thanks Randy.
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Oh! boy.. She’s in quite a pickle. Spooky story, just reading it gave me the heebie-jeebies! Great usage of the prompt objects.
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Thank you – glad you liked it.
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A spooky tale – we must have similarly strange brains because I thought ‘voices from beyond’ too when I saw the prompt. Nice work!
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Disembodied voices… can’t beat ’em. Thanks for dropping by. Stay warm 🙂
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Thank goodness our antique phone doesn’t do any of this!! I’ve now made it through three rows of stories one after the other and have to stop for a bit, but what a last story!!
janet
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It takes time doesn’t it, working your way through. But some amazing stories in response to the prompt. Thank you.
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this was scary..better to hide that photo and never look at it..very well done
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I’d put the phone away too. Thank you.
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Yikes!!! I want to sleep downstairs now instead of anywhere NEAR an attic! Sandra, that was GREAT! I just HAD to drop everything to see your story … I wasn’t disappointed, as usual! Congratulations!!!
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. 😉
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Well, we are all “here”, so her sacrifice was good.
Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/friday-fictioneers-uncle-waldo-genre-humorous/
Scott
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Well that’s women for you… ‘) Thanks Scott.
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🙂
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spooky! and mysterious.. makes me wonder about her relationship with that man,, a great story ^^
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Sounds a bit ‘controlling’ to me… thanks for dropping by.
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Oh, the pressure. Gotta love those demanding voices that call you up on old phones asking you to save the world. Pretty cool flash.
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Same old, same old… everyday someone ringing up… 🙂 Thanks Debra.
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Ooh, spooky. And very different from your usual writing, but definitely as good.
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Thanks Claire; it was time for a change today. I did my ‘funnies’ elsewhere this week.
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I could hear the theme from Twilight Zone playing in the background. Good thing the voice didn’t ask ME to save the world. We’d all be in a lot of trouble.
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I’m sure you’d rise to the occasion Russell… Thanks for commenting.
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Very chilling and downright scary. The tension builds throughout. Nice job.
Here’s mine: http://unexpectedpaths.com/friday-fictioneers/my-fair-clue/
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Thanks Maggie, glad you liked it.
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Spooky stuff. Well done in getting all four unconected items in!
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I didn’t think I was going to manage anything this week. Thanks for dropping by.
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wow good job with building this story, tension and foreboding.
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Thank you!
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Wow, what a perfect storm of hauntings. Pretty spooky, if you ask me. I don’t know what I’d do, if I couldn’t walk away from it.
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Thanks Dave, yes this week’s prompt brought out the sinister for a lot of us.
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Hi Sandra,
Very clever how you work all the objects into your sinister tale. Thanks for pointing out the misspelling in my story. I have it fixed now, thanks to you. ron
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Hi Ron, thanks. Sorry – I really did stop to wonder whether it was one of those American/Brit things.
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Very spooky. Where is she going? I must know!
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Back into the past maybe… Thanks for dropping by.
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I’m seeing Rochelle in your story – looking at the photo and wondering whether to save the Fictioneers or let us burn! Masterful as ever, Sandra.
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Thank you Jennifer – glad you liked it. 🙂
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Great work Sandra. Spooky…I swear those crayons moved when I read this story….
Tom
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I thought I heard the phone ringing… Thanks Tom.
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I’d get rid of all that stuff… except the world might end. She better go.
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She’s gone, I think. Thanks for dropping by Ted.
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Oh my, perhaps I shan’t answer my phone tomorrow! You took this photo to the dark side, and did it well.
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Thank you! this was a difficult prompt this week, and a lot of us went dark with it.
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Spooky…very good take on the prompt
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Thanks for commenting Boomiebol.
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Spooky and sinsiter. (I’ve changed my plans to sort through some old photos this weekend.) It would be great to have a follow-up on why he can’t leave your MC be.
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Tough choice here. Sounds like the spirit is actually warning against impeding disaster, maybe it’s better just to go along.
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And here I have been sitting and wrecking my brain on how I am never able to write a horror story!
This was spooky Sandra. I like it!!
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It’s not easy to type a comment with my hair standing on end! Good job – every sentence is scarier than the one before.
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So who is “he”? I read all the comments and replies and no clues. Good story, Sandra.
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Spooky, Sandra. I like how you moved between the photographic and the earpiece both communicating. I would definitely be freaked out by this. Well done. – Amy
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yikes! glad he didn’t come crawling out of the phone…then i would have screamed!!
goose bump reading…i love it!! ❤
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“will he never let me be” so this has happened before then? oh, poor dear, pestered from the ‘beyond’ over and over. well done.
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Sounds like they have sacrificed themselves so the world can carry on, so may I just say thank you. Great tense atmosphere, well written, and top points for including all the items.
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Spooky…he has an obligation to go for the sake of others. Will he return? I really enjoyed.
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