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Friday Fictioneers — An Engineering Marvel

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“Stop!” Bill shouted at Veronica, who stopped mid-step.

“What?” Veronica asked Bill. “You scared the bejesus out of me!”

“You almost walked right into an enormous spider web,” Bill said. “Step back over here so you can see it. It’s huge.”

Veronica stepped back to where Bill was standing. “Oh wow,” she said, “it is huge. I would have hated to step into that.”

“You have to appreciate it, though,” Bill said. “It’s an engineering marvel, isn’t it?”

“Whatever,” Veronica said. She picked up a thin tree branch from the ground and started slashing at the web. “I hate spiders.”

(100 words)

Written for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ Friday Fictioneers prompt. Photo credit: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.

FFfAW — Footprints

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941A121D-3F48-42D7-A377-27B43CC6D9D5“It’s huge!” Harold exclaimed. “Bring me the tape measure.”

Peggy rushed over to her boss and handed him the tape measure. “It’s enormous.”

Harold started measuring the length and width of the footprint. “Write this in our dig notebook,” he instructed Peggy. “It’s 67 inches long by 34 inches at its widest part.”

“It’s almost heart-shaped,” Peggy said. “But it’s not like any dinosaur prints I’ve ever seen.”

“None like I’ve ever seen either,” Harold admitted. “It’s similar to those of the apatosaurus, but more triangular.” He started to get excited and looked over at Peggy. “We may have stumbled upon a new class of dinosaur.”

“Oh Dr. Bancroft, that would be amazing,” Peggy said.

They heard some rustling sounds coming from the brush behind them and they both turned to see what the disturbance was. But what they saw next caused them to freeze in fear.

The roar was deafening and the swiftness for its size was incredible. Neither Harold nor Peggy could escape the crushing blows of the creature whose footprint they had just discovered.

(175 words)

Written for this week’s Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers from Priceless Joy. Photo credit: Yinglan.