Friday Fictioneers – Refuge

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson

I am so tired. Here, maybe there will be safe haven. Surely, when I tell my story, they’ll offer rest, give me a cup of rewarmed stew, bathe and dress my wounds. There are good people too in this world.

But the stone wall terrifies me–it has his implacable hardness. And now, that lamp I thought so welcoming, shines with the easy radiance he first used to charm me.

A shadow falls across the entrance, an arm outstretched. I turn and stumble on into the night.

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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

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