“That bicycle has been waiting for its owner for 50 years…”
“…That’s what a local told me.”
“Truth be told. That mangled piece of metal belonged to Sid from when he was a boy.”
“They looked for his body for months…. ”
“His ghost rides the bike through town on moonless nights.” A tourist stated. “We booked a room three extra nights – in case he rides.”
“I like to sniff out a good story,” the journalist told the shopkeeper.
“I won’t let the reporter know I concocted the ghost story…”
“It’s been good for business.” The city council members shook their heads.
Take Two: I wanted there to be more mystery so this is ending #2:
“I promise I won’t tell my white lie to that nosy guy writing the story.”
“It’s been good for business though.” The city council members shook their heads.
Okay would love your feedback. Take One or Take Two???
The velocipede is a photo prompt (provided by anelephant can’t) for this week’s Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Join the other flash fictioneers in constructing a fictional story in 100 words.
penned in moon dust 
Snatches of conversation that tell the tale – nice presentation.
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That’s a smart answer to a diuflcfit question.
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Excellent! I like a good deception; fame or infamy? Either way, it brings in the tourists!
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me too helps the old timers have a one up…
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Given all the ghost chasing programs which I seen advertised…seems like a good topic.
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don’t watch TV but it seemed like a good angle for the bike
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I almost mistook the title for ‘The Ghost Rider’ (the movie). lol 😀
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ha
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I believe it’s way too silmair! I don’t particularly like this cover, #4 looks little bit better, although even the #4th cover doesn’t really ignite my will to just grab the book and start browsing through the pages, they could have put a little bit more effort in the covers :pStill this is only about the cover, I didn’t read any of the content yet, I mean … who knows … maybe the story could turn out to be quite fascinating, putting the *cough*poor*cough*lame*cough* cover aside hahah >:)
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Sorry, this page is just too difficult to read. I’m sure it’s a good one, though.
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appreciate your feedback – was playing with some new features and they don’t necessarily go well with the black background theme
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Overall, I love this piece. Take one, but yes, as someone else mentioned, the blue and red copy is a little harsh on the eyes..
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Whoa, that was interesting blue and red gone, Thanks! Much better now. 😉
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I aim to please
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i tried cooking one over the stove top (crazy, huh? lol) but the kids didn’t like it maybe if they see other kids ejiyonng it, they’d like it, too. thanks so much for sharing and linking over at Food Friday, sisso sorry for the super late visit .
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Thanks!The painter is Arthur Rackham, who did a bunch of paitnings for Wagner’s Ring Cycle a hundred years ago. When looking for cover art, I generally consider a.) how cool it looks, and b.) whether or not it is in the public domain. Since I’m writing sword-and-sorcery, using public domain art has worked, but if I ever write anything more contemporary, I’ll probably have to hire someone to do the art or get a better image off istockphoto or dreamstime or something.
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That’s an apt answer to an interesting question
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You have to wonder how many legends are born out of a desire to increase the tourism traffic and dollars.
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people like mysteries and things that cannot be explained trigger off their imagination! Nice one!
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Won’t the City Council boys be surprised when Sid rides tonight? That reporter will do anything for an exclusive.
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Pretty tricky! Ghosts and ghost hunting are really popular. Gettysburg has all sorts of ghost walks and things. I don’t really get it but it’s evidently a great business.
janet
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I can see this happening and I prefer take two also! 🙂
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City reporters aren’t too clever. They’d want to believe that the ghost existed. They tell lies all the time anyway.
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Dear Leslie,
I can see where the ghost rider tale would be good for business. Nice one.
shalom,
Rochelle
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I like take one, darling. Good take on the picture.
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Oh I like the layers of this flash!
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Take two, but a close call.
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Anything for a good business … lovely conversations, and oh so real 🙂
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Hey! This is my first visit to your blog! We are a team of volunteers and stirtang a new initiative in a community in the same niche. Your blog provided us valuable information to work on. You have done a outstanding job!
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Great for business. What else should you do with ghosts?
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Very clever, love it!
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