Stories: Wraith - Pursuit

[charisstoma]

Please excuse the double posting from 100 Word War.
Picture me cackling

216-wind_hair_scarf
http://100wordwars.livejournal.com/239296.html

Title: Wraith
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100

The dark scarf wafted on the air like someone’s soul caught in the wind. Leon watched it, then turned to see where it had originated. The breeze’s dry cold fingers pulled at his tearing eyes. Only the ocean was in that direction, forty feet below where it beat on the sparse shoreline at the bluff’s base. ‘Perhaps it was a soul after all,’ he thought pushing his hair from his face. The buffeting slap from behind pushed him to the cliff’s edge and the scarf wrapped itself around his face. He never saw the rocky beach as he fell screaming.


217-loose_win_reward
http://100wordwars.livejournal.com/239554.html

Title: Pursuit

The pursuit was for the most part silent and he ran as if a win in this race meant his life. It did. Periodically he’d stop, resting bent over and gasping for breath. When he heard the sound of the rabble, he’d start up again pushing to stay ahead of the mob. Who knew how knowledge of him had gotten loose. The Zombies had almost won this war. There were only a few like him left that still remembered how to breath and act normal. He started off running again deciding that breathing really wasn’t necessary and neither was normal.

Comments

[verbapulchra.livejournal.com]

Oh, Charis! I love these. Especially the first one. Great feeling in that one. And the second one has so much in so few words. Beautifully done!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

*blushing* Thank you. That is fulsome praise. I do like the way they turned out, though the use of the work 'like' in the first sentence of 216 leaves me somewhat dissatisfied. *grins*
217 There is, supposedly in cannon, a version of zombies that are fast, so I'm told. I like that it is difficult to tell until possibly at the end if he's the zombie or the mob is and even then there's doubt.

I'm glad you liked these.

[theskimblishone.livejournal.com]

The first one's creepy, but I really like the last. That last sentence is so very telling and clever! :)

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Would you believe that I saw something like this... well sort of. Major 5 lane highway (10 if you count the lanes on the other side going the opposite direction). A thin black plastic sheet was blowing around (we have WINDs) between the cars and then up into the air in front of a van (thank God not mine) and hooked itself around the passenger rear view mirror. Van left the highway the next exit and I figure that's where it ate him. I swear.

*grins* You would like the zombie one. Of course you would.

Thank you. *grins*

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

ooooo that sounds like a fic that needs writing!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

I did. *grins* That was the inspiration for the first one of these. But maybe it can be used again. hmmmm.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

*encouraging smile* *nod-nod*

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

As you know, it was done. You muse you.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Spooky feel to the first one and that second was is very clever *impressed* that last line hinting at so much.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

The Fermata looks at you.

Thank you. *grins* Go read the comment to skimmy above. I saw a wraith. No one !believes! me.

Everyone likes the zombie one. *grins* Remember that next month is NaNoWriMo Zombie edition (forgot how to acronym it)

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

NaaaaaaaaaaaaaNoWRiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMo ? *snicker*

are you going to be nanoing?

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

There is no way in ever living Heaven I could string something like that together in a month's time.
WEDDING. *head desk* She was ever a good child, why now will she not take my advice and elope?

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Eloping is waaaaay less fuss *nods* I don't get the need for big weddings and being on show, but they are popular *shrug*