I keep meaning to write and post the Friday Fictioneers story on Wednesday, but the last few weeks have been crazy busy here. I work in international admissions at Gannon University and we have new students coming in for the October session. Next week should calm down a bit, relatively speaking.
“Describe this picture!”
This was the final round of Eluci-Date, the show where two contestants competed for a date with a lexicographer by creatively describing pictures. It had been called Meta-For-a-Date until it was bought by thesaurus.com.
My mind froze like a naked Floridian in Greenland.
Sunny. Stripey.
My opponent Lewis looked smug.
3…2…1…
“Angelic safecracker!” I bellowed.
Kristina, the lexicographer, gazed at the picture. “Lewis?”
No! She wanted a comparison.
“Smeared titanium white on the palette of creation,” Lewis said, smirking. “With a #6 fan brush.”
Kristina frowned, then grinned at me. “Why would an angel become a safecracker?”
What do you see in the picture? Let me know.
The Green-Walled Tower 
October 3rd, 2020 at 1:04 pm
First off, I’ve always loved the idea of a safecracker, so an angel as one has me very tantalized. As usual, your imagination is like cracking open a dream vault. I see a lady angel in her working clothes, trying to conceal her wings to stay undetected but…OOPS…What does Kristina know anyway. She’s obviously, no angel. I mean your posts David.
October 4th, 2020 at 11:22 pm
It’s what I saw when I looked at the picture, a bright light coming down from the heavens like the light of an arc-welder, burning into the corner of the cabinet. 🙂 Glad you liked it. Thanks, as always for your comment and support.
October 5th, 2020 at 4:07 am
I love your stories. They are so original. No one writes like you. NO ONE. Even Poe is impressed. 🙂
October 20th, 2020 at 10:22 pm
You’re so kind. Thank you. 🙂
October 21st, 2020 at 4:06 am
How bout, artistically truthful??? 🙂
October 3rd, 2020 at 2:35 pm
I’m sure there’s forbidden knowledge in angels’ safes
October 3rd, 2020 at 2:58 pm
Dear David,
Perhaps the angel is cracking the devil’s safe. 😉 Love the frozen Floridian analogy.
Shalom,
Rochelle
October 4th, 2020 at 11:27 pm
Thanks, Rochelle. I didn’t know anyone would get what I was saying about an angelic safecracker but that was what I saw when I looked at the picture. My train of thought runs on rather obscure tracks sometimes. 🙂 Hope you’re doing well. Have a great week.
-David
October 4th, 2020 at 2:13 pm
Ha.. yes that image can be anything really… frozen analogy was perfect.
October 4th, 2020 at 11:29 pm
It’s kind of a metaphor for Friday Fictioneers, where one picture can spawn so many different ideas. Sometimes I worry that someone else will have the same story as me since it seems the obvious story for that picture, but that never happens.
October 4th, 2020 at 10:02 pm
Whimsical and clever tale-telling, David.
October 4th, 2020 at 11:18 pm
Thanks! Glad you liked it. 🙂
October 5th, 2020 at 11:41 am
You’re welcome 🙂
October 6th, 2020 at 3:25 am
This has to be just about the most imaginative and tangential take on the prompt this week. Bravo!