MURDER! | A 100 Word Story

#514 Ten of Crows (The Alleyway Tarot) | Pentober Practice #10

Today on Erica Drayton Writes, the Prompt is murder!
Write a 100 word story.
And tag me if you take up the challenge.

TRANSCRIPT

“MURDER!” Read the headline splashed across every major newspaper. Crowds of people flocked around their nearest newsstand, clamoring to get their hands on a paper. They’d never heard anything like it.

Crows had been sighted flying circles over the body of an unidentified woman. Her description has yet to be released as her body was so mutilated there was barely any skin left. Police are urging everyone to remain vigilant and stay indoors if any bird are in the area.

“Look!” A woman screamed, pointing to the heavens. A murder of crows blotted out the sun till black as night.

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The 10 of Crows is the absurd moment that we have taken for normal. But this is your omen that your past, your memories, your dreams, are off. Think back. What was your moment, when you realized Crows didn’t belong in the bathroom? That what someone said, or did to you, was actually horrible? And all this time you never even thought about it.

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