Friday Fictioneers – Write a 100-word story based on the Photo Prompt image above by © Dale Rogerson
A Shady Past
He’s a curious character
With a murderous past
He’s slick and cunning
Prefers his shadow cast
^^^
He keeps his secrets close
And he has got plenty
He’s been writing his list
Since he was twenty.
^^^
His list is long
His revenge still raw
He has smarts for plotting
He’s well versed with the law.
^^^
He’s been under the radar
Staying in shadows
Was unknown what his game is
His door is closed.
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The Feds are on it
The evidence grows
He removes the fingerprints
Where blood flowed.
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Just a few chapters left
To learn his fate
The Judge’s List
I can’t wait.
Thanks for reading
Fleur's Fables 
There is energy in this telling poem. Does he choose crime or does he fall into the lifestyle unwittingly? The message is clear, crime does not pay.
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Thank you so much, James. He chooses crime. I’m reading my first John Grisham novel, and it’s one I can’t put down. The storytelling is superb. This poem is my take on the villain, and the photo prompt worked perfectly.
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The villain’s list and the judge’s list. I wonder if they’re the same at bottom
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Their lists are the same…and the ending was so unexpected. Thank you Neil 🙂.
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Wow! This is a very good and gritty use of the prompt, well done!
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Wow, thank you so much, Mason! I’m glad you liked it 😊
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Choices, choices… methinks he is tilting towards a life of crime – seems rather organised about it, too!
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I thought I replied to this…
Yes he’s a very calculated killer…
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No worries. Happens to the best of us!
He is…
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🙂
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I see him as a career criminal and a successful one too!
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Thank you so much, Keith., sorry for the late reply. Yup, he’s well-versed in his method and motive. He has a unique style that baffles the legal team trying to snare him.
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So well done. A fun and intriguing narrative poem. 🙂
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Thank you so much, Bill 🙂
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Sounds like a smooth operator who is about to finally be held accountable. I hope so!
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Thank you, msjadeli, He was indeed a smooth operator. So cunning, patient, careful and thorough. I’ve just finished reading the last page. It was an absolutely superb read and it all went exactly as I wanted it to! ‘Gotta love fiction’ as John Grisham says!
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You’re welcome and glad you were satisfied with the ending.
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I’ve not read Grisham’s work before so it was all new. I’d have liked him to have a day in court, but that was not meant to be. He was far too cunning for that.
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Very nicely done! love the rhyme and meter which work perfectly to the denouement: his comeuppance!
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Thank you so much, dorahak. I’m glad you enjoyed it. So glad my poem ticked the boxes with rhyme and meter.
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That might be the most intriguing ad I’ve ever seen for a novel. John Grisham should hire you.
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I should tag him perhaps? Thanks, Nobbinmaug. The photo seemed to fit with the story. I am just a chapter from finishing it. I have a feeling there will be a twist…I hope so, otherwise, the mongrel gets off!
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I’ve read a couple of John Grisham books, which I’ve enjoyed. I’ll have to look into this one.
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Loved this. When I first saw the picture prompt I wrote a poem too but didn’t think I could use it for FF, so I posted both. Glad to see this well done.
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Thank you so much, britcanwrites. I don’t do many poems, as they have to have the right rhyme and meter. But it seems with this one, I’ve got it right. I’m so glad you liked it 🙂
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Extremely well done. Especially on the second read-through, I really caught the flavor of suspense and of a distorted mind.
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Thank you so much, Granonine (Linda) that’s great to hear 🙂
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Oooo this is great. Very clever. Great flow.
I was waiting for the next stanza!
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Thank you so much, Laurie! I’d have written more but had to stop at 100 words. I might lengthen it, see where it goes 🙂
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Dear Fleur,
A lot of story in verse. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you so much, Rochelle 🙂
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