Friday Fictioneers – Cabinet of Curiosities

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot

She was intrigued. The twisted glass nodule captures everyone’s attention first.

“Fused sand from the exhaust of a departing spaceship,” I explained.

A look of wonder spread like a crisp tablecloth across her face.

“And this bit of old clay?” she asked.

“Amphora shard from a Babylonian palace that once held the sweetest Tokaji.”

“And that old rag?”

What prompted her to note my innocent little souvenir? Why not ask instead about the New Guinea war club, or the shrunken head?

“I could tell you,” I said. “But then I’d have to kill you.”

She thought I was joking.

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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

49 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – Cabinet of Curiosities”

  11. Ahhh.. Those serial killers so need to have their trophies, don’t they? If they don’t want people asking about them, they should put them behind a locked cabinet.

    Then again, maybe he wanted her to notice?

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