Sunday, 26 April 2015

Missing

                                                                              Photo prompt-copyright- Douglas MacIlroy

They were thirty miles from the base camp when weather changed abruptly.

“We must leave, now.”

“You are over-reacting?”

“No?”

They left for the camp. Soon everything that could go wrong went wrong. They lost their way.

Out of nowhere a man appeared and waved at them. They were shocked to see him but stopped the vehicle.

“You need to go straight towards east,” he said pointing towards east.

“You can come with us.”

“I like it here,’ the man said and vanished in the blizzard.

“I think I know him; was he the explorer who went missing, years ago?”
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Post for Friday Fictioneers on a photo prompt

14 comments:

  1. He clearly prefers it where he is away from the rat race, and he doesn't even need a fridge!

    Keith's Ramblings

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    1. well, that dimension i did not visualize, thanks Keith

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  2. It may have been Father Christmas! Did he have a white beard?

    Rosey Pinkerton

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    1. i was surely a lost explorer, Thanks Rosey

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  3. Dear IB,

    A bit of a mystery. Was the old explorer dead or alive?

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. our research team could never know, Thanks Rochelle

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  4. Oh, this is a cool story. Good job! I imagine he's ghostly white and loves winter.

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  5. Its an interesting take on the prompt :)

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