Friday Fictioneers – Departure

~ neilmacdon
ted-struts-in-the-rain
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz

Muffled in mist, the shouted words are indistinct. But she hears the rattle of heavy chain and the clangour of metal. The ship is making ready to depart for another week, and seven days’ aloneness descends again.

The ship’s horn gives a last bass call, like a circling raptor. Go and open the door, she thinks, but is afraid of the creatures that will populate the silence.  Go and open the door. Death won’t be standing there in his dark fedora.

She opens the door, but drizzle shrouds the vessel heading into the sound. There is moisture on her cheek.

 

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58 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – Departure”

  14. I agree with the comments that you build up the cold feel in this story until the end. I felt the moisture on her cheek, had a warmth to it. Nicely done.

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