castles made of sand fall into the sea eventually

Posted on January 27, 2016 by larry trasciatti Posted in friday fictioneers, PersonalTagged death, friday fictioneers, jimi hendrix

“I’m so sorry, Mrs. Fleener,” Doctor Fensterblau told Mabel as Harry’s favorite Hendrix song played in the background.

“We couldn’t save him.”

Just then Harry was greeted by a tall, dapper, gaunt stranger.

“Ah, welcome, Mr. Fleener!” exclaimed his host in an ominous voice.

“I’m Mr. Monahan. Do sign in at the gate, won’t you?”

“Where am I?” Harry demanded to know.

“You’ll get your explanation in good time, my friend,” was Monahan’s reply.

Harry thought back to his French classes. “‘Sable’ rhymes with ‘diable’, he mused.

“That’s not all they have in common,” Monahan reminded him.

Rochelle Wisoff~Fields leads us weekly in Friday Fictioneers, an attempt to write a hundred~word story based upon a picture. This week’s photo prompt was supplied by Ceayr.

11 thoughts on “castles made of sand fall into the sea eventually”

January 27, 2016 at 3:43 pm Reply
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:

I’m sorry but I actually do not understand the story… I think there must be a musical reference that I have missed…

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1. January 27, 2016 at 3:58 pm Reply
  larry trasciatti says:
  
  I’m so sorry. I suppose you’re not a very big Jimi Hendrix fan? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2y5jk9
  
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  1. January 27, 2016 at 3:59 pm
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    
    I have listened to a few..:-)
    
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2. January 27, 2016 at 4:00 pm Reply
  larry trasciatti says:
  
  I was also making a reference to the fact that the French words for sand(sable) and devile(diable) rhyme
  
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  1. January 27, 2016 at 4:04 pm
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    
    That one I caught
    
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January 27, 2016 at 5:57 pm Reply
rochellewisoff says:

Dear Larry

I must admit that without the video I would’ve been completely lost. Thank you for including that in your comment. 😉 At the same time I applaud you for writing a story that didn’t describe what I already saw in the photo.

Shalom,

Rochelle

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1. January 27, 2016 at 6:30 pm Reply
  larry trasciatti says:
  
  Thanks Rochelle. Castles made of sand(Well it wasn’t made of sand but that’s its name) have always reminded me both of the Hendrix song and moral relativism.
  
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January 28, 2016 at 4:00 am Reply
FabricatingFiction says:

I had to read the comments but well done for making me think 🙂

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1. January 28, 2016 at 7:05 am Reply
  larry trasciatti says:
  
  Thanks I”m happy it worked out
  
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February 2, 2016 at 12:40 pm Reply
patriciaruthsusan says:

I think they’d have to drag me into that gate kicking and screaming. Harry should have lived a better life for sure if that’s where he ended up. Good story, Larry, although I’m not a Hendrix fan. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne

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1. February 2, 2016 at 2:16 pm Reply
  larry trasciatti says:
  
  Thanks Suzanne. We only see him at the very end so we don’t know what he was like but he must have been bad
  
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