Little did they know when the photographer took their picture that they would find themselves trapped in a painting.
When the musicians awoke from unconsciousness, they carried on playing. With the music starting, the people in the room turned. The musicians froze.
‘Probably a car going by.’
Everyone settled down. The mysterious music restarted.
The people hunted for the source. Every time one of them looked at the painting, the music stopped. They decided they suffered from collective hallucination.
The musicians sang to them, hoping to alert them to their plight. Nobody listened to the words.
The music turned into background noise. But in their dreams, the people often went to New Orleans, watching the band from the painting.
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This is my story for this week’s Mondays Finish the Story, a flash fiction challenge run by Barbara W. Beacham (more stories based on the image and the first sentence here).
I love your story! Especially how the music stops when anyone looks at the painting! 🙂 Thank you for participating in the MFtS challenge! I hope that you come back for the next installment! Be well… ^..^
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Thank you, Barbara! I’ll be back for sure, I enjoy MFtS 🙂
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Thank you Sonya! That puts a smile on my face! 🙂
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That must be so frustrating for the poor guys in the band. I guess they’re stuck in there for good, and the people get to have nice musical dreams. Nice story!
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Yes, I’m sure they are frustrated. Dunno, I might come back to them at some point. Thanks for stopping by!
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What a great creative twist to the prompt! I especially loved the people watching the band in the painting in their dreams. Their subconscience knows!! Loved it!
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Exactly, PJ, nothing escapes it. Thanks for your comment!
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Ooh! Well you’ve had lovely comments today because you deserve it. I love the concept of this. It’s creepy and fascinating all at once. This might be fun to explore further if you’ve a mind to. It’s too great of an idea to let go fallow.
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Ha, my turn to blush – thank you! I agree, it’s a fascinating idea – it may well grow into something bigger 🙂
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Poor musicians! I like the connection people have in their dreams to the painting.
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Thank you, Emily! I’m glad you liked it.
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