Photo Copyright: Barbara W. Beacham
This is my contribution this week to Monday’s Finish the Story, hosted by Barbara W. Beacham. Every Monday, Barbara supplies a new picture prompt along with the first sentence for the story. The original story to be written should have only 100 to 150 additional words. I’ve bolded the first sentence given with the picture prompt.
I was happy to hear your health is improving, Barbara. I’m sure we all hope you heal completely.
To read the other stories written by group members, be sure to click first on the link given below, then on the little blue frog in the blue box. The link for all other stories is as follows:
https://mondaysfinishthestory.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/mondays-finish-the-story-october-26th-2015/
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Word Count: 2+17+150=169 Words
VULTURE SQUAD by P.S. Joshi
I watched the vulture looking at me hungrily as I lay on the ground bleeding and injured.
A man came and stood over me. I then noticed the leather band on the ankle of the bird.
“Well, Vulcan,” he said to the vulture, “I see you found another unlucky victim of the Black Riders.”
He next talked to me as he checked for injuries.
“They musta’ taken you fer dead son. Sometimes seein’ Vulcan is enough. You’re lucky we was scoutin’ this area of the hills. These hills are the huntin’ grounds of a dirty bunch of killers, thieves.
You’ve stopped bleedin’. Your breathin’ is okay. No ribs broke. There’s that bullet hole in your left shoulder. Your right arm and leg’s broke. You fall off a horse?”
“Yeah, they took it.”
“Figures. They musta’ been in a hurry to leave or they’d checked to see if you was still alive.
The rest of the Vulture Squad’ll find ’em. I got to get you back to our camp.”
Great story! I like the idea of the Vulture Squad helping people and tracking down the baddies 🙂
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Thanks, Ali. I personally think vultures get a bad rap. They’re probably very intelligent, and not pretty, but very useful. I’m so happy you enjoyed the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thank goodness the squad was there to rescue him. I really like the dialogue! Great story Suzanne.
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Thanks, Joy. I’m so happy you liked the story, especially the dialogue. I try to get more dialogue into stories I write. Yes, it was a good thing a member of the Squad found him as he was seriously injured. 🙂 — Suzanne
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This sounds like the opening to a book, Suzanne. Well done 🙂
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Thanks, Diana. I’m so happy you liked the story. If it was a book, it would probably be a western. I used to watch a lot of those on TV, and my dad used to take my mom and I to see western movies. 😀 — Suzanne
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Sounds familiar, Suzanne. When I was a kid, my dad took us to the drive-in movies during the summers. Lot’s of John Wayne!
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Loved it, very entertaining.
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Thanks, CAH. I’m so happy I succeeded in making the story interesting and entertaining and you enjoyed it. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Loved your story. Vulture Squad is good work. 🙂
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Thanks, Susan. I’m so happy you loved the story. Yes, the Vulture Squad performs vital work. 😀 — Suzanne
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Sometimes I feel like I need a Vulture Squad. LOL:)
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Nice read and pretty pictures
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Thanks, Dee. Dee. I’m so happy you liked the story. I enjoyed writing it. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I really liked the way this worked out! Well written and entertaining too.
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Thanks, TN. I love happy endings. I’m so pleased you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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