Hello all, and welcome to this week’s Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. I hope that you enjoy it, comments are very welcome and will guarantee a reciprocal visit at some point this week!
Photo by Lora Mitchell
Rubber clad hands gently placed the plant he’d christened Ragnarok onto the window sill. Beneath the respirator mask the aptly named Dr Alberto Flores’ face creased into a macabre smile.
He opened the window and glanced at his watch. In four hours he would be two hundred miles away. In four hours as the new dawn kissed her petals she would make her deadly bloom. Tiny spores of toxic pollin would be released, and the wind would scatter agonising death.
Unseen far below, the amber flashing tow truck departed for the pound carrying all hope of his escape.
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Oh, nice twist at the end there!! So glad he’s going to get his. Good job for week #2.
janet
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Thanks Janet, I was a bit rushed this week, but I am going to have a good read of the the others tonight!
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I agree with Janet. Great writing.
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You are very kind, thank you.
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Oops, he overlooked one thing 8^). Nice one.
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Yep, you can’t beat a good comeuppance! Thanks.
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You got such a lot into this story – very well done.
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Thank you Sandra, these shorts need a lot of pruning don’t they?
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Evil botanist.
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Exactly!
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Where is James Bond when you need him!
Sometimes a little bit of evil goes a long way…two hundred miles might not be enough distance.
Thanks for reading Semi de “Lilium” – If you keep making lefts you might end up where you started 🙂 Which could be, here.
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Thanks for the comment Jules 🙂
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Apparently his genius stops short of proper parking. it is always the details that sabotage the best laid plans.
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The devil is in the detail as they say. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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haha, nice twist, and very well written 🙂
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Thanks, I love FF. So much to say, so little room to say it. 🙂
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ha! sucks for him ^^ very enjoyable read ^^ well done!
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Thanks for dropping by, glad you liked it. 🙂
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this was really well written
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Thanks again. 🙂
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Oops. Hate it when your Karma gets towed and leaves you with a poison plant. Good job, JWD
shalom,
Rochelle
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that was funny. Randy
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Glad you liked it Randy, thanks for stopping by.
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A that was a neat twist… And a plant like that has to be named Ragnarök 🙂
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This one packs the tension in very well. Amazing really.
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Thank you, you are too kind. 🙂
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i will never be able to look at another plant like this one without thinking something nasty may spill forth…now i had to look up Ragnarok. :p i love your story, especially the ending! poor fella.
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Thank you, but don’t feel too sorry for him, he had it coming! 🙂
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you’re welcome! :p
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Great story and nice twist to the ending ! 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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Nice job and great twist at the end! It won’t be so easy after all!
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Thanks for stopping by Amy.
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A sinister story indeed. And I thought the worst thing from pollen would be hay fever! Ron
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Ha ha! if only….
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Oh this is good. Glad the bad guy will get his just desserts. He planned his evil act well enough, pity he was relying on others for his escape.
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Just desserts I’d say. Thanks for stopping by Sarah.
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Very good!
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Thanks Abraham, sorry I didn’t reply earlier, I just found the comment in the spam folder that I didn’t know I had!
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