Saturday, May 21, 2011

Vanishing Act

A fellow Centusian, Dazee Dreamer, graciously dreamed up today's prompt for Jenny Matlock, our favorite meme-meister. I've added slightly less than 100 words to give life to this mini-tale I tell. The prompt, as always, is in red.

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Vanishing Act

©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson

She’d been disappearing for weeks, if such a thing were possible. Clues were fleeting: an odd translucence to her fingers, the soft break in her voice when she was talking, a feeling that her clothes were not quite filled.

This morning, though, she couldn’t feel her feet. Fear flamed, reached out, and raised her grandma’s voice: Close your eyes, Gracie. What you can’t see, can’t hurt you. Slamming those revealing orbs shut, she centered. Ridiculous! Absurd. And yet, the creeping dread still forced her down the hallway. Groping…blind…would terror be confirmed? She looked. Gasped. The reflection in the mirror was no more.

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27 comments:

  1. AmyMay 21, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Dearie, you are so talented! I love your imagination! What a cute little story that I want to read more of.

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  2. AmesMay 21, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    I love this! Wouldn't it be fun if we could become transparent? Who knows, maybe we do, at death. Great one Sue!~Ames

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  3. 4 Lettre WordsMay 21, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    You are so, so talented, Sue! I want more...

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  4. AmandaMay 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    This is so good, are you sure you're not related to H. P. Lovecraft?

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  5. BookieMay 21, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Wildly creative today!

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  6. LynnMay 21, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    That was really fun:@)

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  7. Karen MortensenMay 21, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    That gave me the chills. Excellent once again.

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  8. ChristineMay 21, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Imagine the fun she could have now, being invisible. This was flowed so well I want to know more.

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  9. JudieMay 21, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    OMG! Sue, this is just so perfect! And the music you chose really amplifies the theme. What a wonderful take on the prompt! What music is that?

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  10. CBMay 21, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    Very appropriate for this day of "The Rapture". Ha Ha

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  11. yayaMay 21, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    More please! Very good Sue and there are many times I wish I could just disappear!

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  12. StacyMay 21, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    I love your short stories. I just wish I could read more!

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  13. Grandma HoneyMay 21, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    And to think it all started with "the reflection in the mirror" !
    You have such a creative mind that I wonder what your dreams are like.

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  14. TonyaMay 21, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    Oh, how could you?! You grab us in with this beginning and then that's it!? Great post. I loved it! :)

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  15. Myrna FosterMay 21, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    If you wrote more, I'd read it.

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  16. Brian MillerMay 22, 2011 at 4:06 AM

    ooo this was delightfully chilling...

    i hope you have a wonderful sunday!

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  17. jfb57May 22, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    OMG! Stunning & so chilling. The hairs are stood bolt up right on my neck & arms. Very, very good writing!

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  18. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comMay 22, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    I'm laughing because I didn't know you had it in you, Sue, to creep me out like this! Of course you do. You do it all.
    xoRobyn

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  19. Jayne MartinMay 22, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    Delightfully creepy! Good job.

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  20. 21 WitsMay 22, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    Loved your lead opening into the centus as well...very good writing and begs for more...

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  21. DarleneMay 22, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    Well, this one was really different. I didn't quite know what to expect. Yes, it was chilling. It caught me too, because I just wasn't expecting this. Terrific!!

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  22. UnknownMay 23, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    Great write... I wanted to keep reading more!:-)

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  23. Dazee DreamerMay 23, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    oh my. That gave me chills. Great, great job.

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  24. FiaunaMay 23, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Ooh, that was such a good one. Loved it!

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  25. JessMay 24, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    I like it- so is she dying or just disappearing form lack of use?

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  26. UnknownMay 24, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    This story demands a prologue!

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  27. JennyMay 30, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    I agree with Polly.

    Wow, Sue. This is a different side of your writing. I loved this. What a wonderful visual you created for us here.

    My mind races with what happened and what comes next!

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