Wednesday, 8 July 2015

THE TUNNEL





https://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/10-july-2015/

The following photo is the PHOTO PROMPT. Does it tell you a story? 

Photo credit Stephen Baum


THE TUNNEL 

Emma was late; dismissing the  beeping alarm she’d turned over for a few more minutes that had stretched into twenty.  Now she had to make up for lost time.  She would have to take the short cut through the hated underpass with its dank grey walls dripping with condensation, the dim lighting, the foetid smells of the night before and the horrors that had taken place.

Tentatively Emma stepped in the passageway hoping against hope nobody would follow her or enter from the other direction; she kept her eyes firmly fixed on the light at the end of the tunnel.

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14 comments:

  1. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields8 July 2015 at 04:48

    Dear Sally,

    Sometimes that's all you can do.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  2. Anonymous8 July 2015 at 05:33

    There was a tunnel like this on our college campus. Though nothing horrible happened there during my stay, it still gave me the creeps. Emma and I would have to hold hands. Well done.

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  3. Vinay Leo R.8 July 2015 at 07:02

    Here's hoping that her passage is a safe one! Hope matters in such a scenario!

    Leo @ I Rhyme Without Reason

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  4. Sandra Crook8 July 2015 at 07:14

    How lovely to see the word 'foetid'. So evocative of tunnels, and a treat to see it spelt in the English way. :)

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  5. brudberg8 July 2015 at 11:04

    Tunnels can be quite scary, but probably it is more dangerous to cross the highway on foot.

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  6. margirene9 July 2015 at 05:42

    Oh, dear. And just for a few minutes sleep in. I hope she makes it. Great description - I can feel the gloom and damp.

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  7. draliman9 July 2015 at 06:15

    Sometimes that's the best way to make it through something like that, both literally and metaphorically.
    How often we come to regret a few minutes extra in bed!

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  8. Unknown9 July 2015 at 08:16

    Well done Sally!

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  9. Deepa10 July 2015 at 01:39

    Lovely take on the prompt

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  10. Yolanda Renée10 July 2015 at 10:56

    Not a fan of tunnels, but if you have to it's the only way to do it!

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  11. Perry Block11 July 2015 at 20:46

    Nicely done, you can feel the tension. I only hope there's no cheese at the other end!

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  12. Gah Learner13 July 2015 at 09:19

    I know these tunnels, they smell, they are creepy, fear creeps into you no matter how much you rationalize... Great story, brings out all these fears.

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  13. P.S. Joshi13 July 2015 at 12:27

    Good story with great description, Sally. I felt like I was there with her, and was glad nothing bad happened. Well written. :) --- Suzanne

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  14. Wendy16 July 2015 at 11:03

    Some places just lend themselves to thoughts of mystery and violence.

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