Helter-Skelter
On Sunday Emily visited her father. She found the song Helter-Skelter was playing on the stereo in the lounge, but there was no sign of him downstairs. When she got to the stairs the song Helter-Skelter started playing again, but she paid it no attention.
“Dad!” she called out. She went up the stairs and checked the bedroom. When she walked into the room the door quickly closed behind her. Her father suddenly appeared out of thin air looking terrified.
“Did you turn the stereo off?” he asked. Emily shook her head. “Until that stereo turns off we are stuck in here!”
Emily looked out the window. There was nothing but blackness.
Joanne Fisher
Word Count: 111 + prompt
This was written with the word prompt Helter-Skelter provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #91.
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The day just keeps getting creepier! :O
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😀
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Is this a case of residual energy?
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I was thinking the energy from the music was flipping them into some other dimension. I didn’t think about it too much.
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Ah. I did not get the story so guessed. As earlier informed I am I’ll informed for sci first fiction.
Nice concept. Kudos.😊
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Chilling….Helter Skelter brings Manson and his crew to mind.
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Yes sadly that song is forever tainted with that association now.
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Uh oh… I think we deserve an explanation…..
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I was trying to write something unsettling.
Emily and her father are trapped due to a (possibly) demonically possessed stereo using music to flip them into another dimension… At least that’s how I see it.
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Ah aha. I was almost there and not a result of deficient writing, my mind is just sci fi challenged sometimes…
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Very unsettling…Excellent take on the prompt 🙂
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