Open the box.
Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here
Friday Fictioneers – Make your own story
Open the box.
Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here
Neil MacDonald Author 
We all need to open such boxes, I think.
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Thanks, Anthony
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Who is brave enough to delve inside?
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Pandora?
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Is there a cat in the box?
Or is isolation causing excessive introspection, Neil?
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The cat is both in the box and not in the box. Until you open it
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No need to open the box when one is possessed of a fertile imagination. Novel.
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The box is always open to those with fertile imaginations
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Exceellent! Sharing it…
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Thanks so much, Reena
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena.
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Well, I subscribe to what Schrodinger once said and I’ll leave the person in the box be.
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A box of all possibilities is, of course, the same as a box of none
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Dear Neil,
A unique take on the prompt. I think I’ll leave the box alone. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks so much, Rochelle
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How innovative!
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Thanks so much, Tannille
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I love it, Neil, especially the unique presentation of your story. You open us up to a world of possibilities but also offer us the certainties of ‘three false steps and a blissful reunion’. We do not control everything.
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I’m not sure we can cope with possibility without limits
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I took your advice!
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Was it good for you?
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Brilliant, Neil. But I have my own box to deal with, so I think I’ll leave yours to someone else 🙂
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Thanks so much, Linda
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Dammit. We went the same route this week!
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Mine wasn’t a Pandora’s box (unless of course you wish it to be)
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Of course…my bad. I allowed comments to colour my thoughts.
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We all have boxes, some left open, some stay closed. A thought-provoking piece indeed Neil.
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Thanks so much, Keith
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Good stuff, how many boxes must there be now waiting to be opened? Strange days
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Every head contains at least one
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I like what you did with this, Neil. I’m glad you used a different box to look at.
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Thanks so much, Jade
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You are welcome.
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My mind traveled in so many directions. Very creative, Neil!
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Thanks so much, Brenda
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open the box? but what do you do when it’s locked and the key is nowhere to be found? keep knocking your head until it gives way?
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The key is reading. Lots. And widely
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I could use that box right now. It took me all day to come up with a 100-word story. Very imaginative take.
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Thanks so much
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Pretty cool idea, Neil. Maybe if I could open it, I wouldn’t be posting reruns. 😀
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Thanks so much, William
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Very different, Neil! I loved it. It’s kind of like Friday Fictioneers, if it had a movie trailer dude narrating it. Open the box and select your universe. (Or see the picture……)
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Yes, I hadn’t thought of it that way
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To open or not to open…
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There is a universe in which you open it, and one in which you don’t
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That’s funny my first attempt was similar but I went with the second, I had monsters, aliens and disease coming out of mine. Nice take, Neil
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Thanks so much, Michael
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Excellent Neil. So well written.
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The writing is yours. Only the box is mine
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Brilliant!
Clever, original and wild. I love your prompt response this week Neil
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Thanks so much, Laurie
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I opened it and you were wrong – it’s a coffin filled with gold coins…
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You didn’t look all t he way to the bottom did you? The gold coins are fake. And there are still two more setbacks
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Ha! Like it!
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You just never know what you might find!
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There are so many things inside a boy’s head
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This took me by surprise!
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A good surprise I hope
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Ha! Smart … 🙂
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Thanks so much
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🙂
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Ok, but what if your box is filled with undesirable things and you spill it?
Really lovely reminder and take on the prompt.
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Reblogged this on MythRider.
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Story of my life 🙂
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Sounds like you’re onto a winner
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Love your box, full of stories, dreams and realities.
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Thanks so much
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