From her small balcony, the witch watched the world go by.
Everything seemed quiet but she knew she needed to be on high alert. She relished the silence for a moment longer, but the time had come to prepare for the storm.
A raven arrived with fresh news of another sister attacked by a mob. The sisterhood had worked hard to present witches as valuable members of society. But a little boy and girl had disappeared as if by magic and who else could be behind it but a wicked witch?
‘How bad?’
fire fire
The cawed words made her shudder.
No matter what they did, history always kept repeating itself.
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My ability to take a lovely picture and turn it into something dark manifests itself again for this week’s Mondays Finish the Story… Here are all stories for the witch prompt.
Throughout history they’ve had a pretty rough time of it. Ah well…!
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It it your ability to make the simple dark that we love 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Great story Sonya! It took me back to the stories of the Salem Witch Hunt.
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Thank you, PJ! I wanted to mention Salem in some way, but I didn’t have enough space – glad it still reminded you of it 🙂
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I felt like that is what you were referring to.
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Great job.
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Thank you!
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How true that history repeats itself.
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Yes, it’s sad but true…
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It is not history that repeats itself, rather the ignorance of mankind and its inability to learn from previous mistakes. For history is created by mankind. A very dark take indeed.
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Good story! Sadly, it is true that humans often go for the easiest scapegoats when they have problems rather than thinking critically.
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Hey! I might have mentioned this earlier but let me say it again! Your blog is the most interesting one I have on my list! and for that, I’m nominating you for the Infinity Dreams Award! Check it out here – https://theidlerchannel.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/the-infinity-dreams-award/ ! Have an awesome day! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your lovely words about my blog! And thanks for the nomination. Now, I don’t really accept awards but since I’ve not put a note up anywhere, you can’t really know that. Anyway, I’ve used one of your questions as the inspiration for today’s story 🙂
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Women, especially those who take a stance that’s different to society’s norm, have been the scapegoats for evil throughout history. A great story, Sonya. 🙂
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Yes, sometimes I feel the next witch hunt is just around the corner… Thank you, Louise!
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It’s hard to shake the public’s perception once they’ve got something fixed in their head. Great story!
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It is, indeed. Thank you!
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Wicked message the crows brought. I can hear them croaking Fire fire. Interesting way of telling the story.
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Thanks 🙂
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