There’s special spots around this world. If you know how to look, you can find them—places where the barrier’s worn thin between here and afar. One lies at the confluence of the White and Blue Nile, Others are set into quite ordinary streets.
Don’t frown at me that way, mate—I’m not funning you. Buy me another beer and I’ll tell you. Oh, you’re a gent, that’s better. How do you recognize them? Perspective. The perspective’s off, like, foreshortened.
What can you do there? Why, walk through, of course. But there’s always two doors. Don’t choose the wrong one.
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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
I really liked “.. places where the barrier’s worn thin between here and afar.”
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Thanks so much
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Good one… I can just picture a drunk at a bar spinning this yarn. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Bear
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Dear Neil,
It’s all about perspective. Live long and prosper.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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May the farce be with you
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Of course he’s giving no hint as to which is the right door and which is the wrong one. They always have to be so mysterious these types!
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That knowledge would involve spirits changing hands
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I like how you brought in the wonky perspective in this photo. I didn’t notice it until I read that line.
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Thank you, Alicia
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Mystical and entertaining, Neil. I’m sure your MC is right.
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He is a slightly unreliable narrator, fueled as he is by alcohol
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Maybe that’s why he drinks?
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It’s always difficult to determine cause and effect in these cases
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I’m reminded of “The Lady or the Tiger.”
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I don’t know that one
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“The Lady or the Tiger,” is by Frank Stockton. Short story. I think it would appeal to you 🙂
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The details are in the suds…. of course, the details might keep shifting the more suds make an appearance!
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You got it
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🙂
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Choosing the right door is life’s eternal challenge, isn’t it!
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At least he has a 50-50 chance of success
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Not sure this is passing the pub test…
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I’m pretty sure his audience is ready to buy him more drinks. Ism’t that the only pub test?
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Touche!
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The double door conundrum, knowing whether left is right, or right is wrong.
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It’s worse with three doors, middle is wrong but right
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Buy me another pint and I’ll tell you how to pick the right one.
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Exactly
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Very disheartening to learn there is a wrong door to go through. If only every path had an opportunity.
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Every path has an opportunity. But not all opportunities are pleasant
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Ooooo pick the right door indeed. This is fascinating !
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Thanks so much, Laurie
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it looks like he’s pulling someone’s legs. one more drink for the road. 🙂
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Maybe. But, oh, if he’s not, what an opportunity, what a secret!
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Sounds like a risky proposition, if the other door is something bad. Of course, I’m sure several more drinks would get you more information, although maybe increasingly unhinged.
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I see what you did there. Thanls, David
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That’s the hardest part – making the choice. No one wants to walk through the wrong one.
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Some dither in front of the doors forever
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Perspective is everything – well written 🙌
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Thanks so much
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I have a feeling that after the pub closes there will be a lot of drunk people walking into a lot of people’s houses. I hope they lock their doors.
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And that may be the deciding factor — those who don’t
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Perspective. Clever.
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Thanks so much, trish
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