Photo courtesy: Rich Voza
Doorway from Hell
Word count: 101
The set was ready. The doors were pegged behind to make them appear freestanding. The girls, languishing by the crew mess table, were dressed in the usual naughty maid outfits, and Mr. Hill was in his trailer getting his face made up. And, running a hand up a staffer’s leg no doubt.
Terry flicked his cigarette in a high arc to the right and leaned in to check the camera focus. Astonishingly, the red door opened and from it a gruesome creature emerged, with more behind reaching fiendishly forward.
Instinctively, he pressed Start and captured everyone’s (his own included) grisly end.
Spiritual Biscuits 
Moral of the story: never trust a red door, especially if it’s freestanding. Thems sneaky they is. Full of trickery and deceit. Sometimes monsters too.
It’s a bold door, full of evil and intrigue.
An artist right to the bitter end… Nice one.
Thank you. Yes, Terry never misses an opportunity.
Dear Britlight,
The end. Good story this one. Interesting choice of red door for monsters.
Aloha,
Doug
Must be psychological, you’re right. White seemed too virtuous and well, the blue one has a big hole in it.
Dear Brit,
Some days are better than others. It will probably be a box office smash.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Yes. Much like Shadow of the Vampire!
Mysterious, creepy, and unexpected. Well done!
Thank you!
Reading through the various responses, this week, it’s interesting how several people saw movie set, several went sci-fi and several of us went death/life choices… such a provocative photo, but clearly took us all in fairly clear directions. Your ending however, quite unexpected and chilling! Nice.
It began as a coming of age/life transition piece…sort of The Lottery meets Hunger Games. But I didn’t like the feel of it. The doors reminded me of a Benny Hill skit so I took it from there. Thank you for your comment!
That’s funny! I totally saw Benny Hill in your story… ha!
You did? Yay! I only mentioned him by surname and in a tag, but I think you’re the only one to catch on. 🙂
Hmm, I didn’t notice the tags, but it had a BH feel. It was that absurdity, that funny edge… I remember watching when I was young. 🙂