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V Kelly-Sibley's avatar

It's such a fantastic premise for a murder supernatural revenge novel! The flowers get all the guilty ones in the end! I loved the description of the woman as a flower. All those good people and their good deeds! Magnificient piece!

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Kathrine Elaine's avatar

Thank you, V! 🩶

Ooh… a horror novel? I don’t have it in me. My darkness comes in small portions.😅

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V Kelly-Sibley's avatar

I totally understand!

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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

Tonight on CSI: The case of the unnamed Wildflower.

When a redheaded corpse is found in central park, the team must find out who she is and why she was killed. They are thwarted at every turn by powerful men who want their secrets kept.

See what you did, Katherine? You and your horror flowers, I swear. 😊👍💕

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Kathrine Elaine's avatar

🤦‍♀️

Sorry, went for a walk with my kids, saw wildflowers, wrote a flash fiction, oops.😅 Thank you for reading it.🩶

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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

You're awesome. I keep telling you that.

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Athena's avatar

Sooo beautiful and real. The flower metaphor worked really well and I hope that "good man" gets what he deserves ugh.

Lovely piece Katherine, you rock!

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Kathrine Elaine's avatar

Wow, thank you 🩶

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

A good, strong piece with a powerful message! A pox on those “good” people!

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Jason Duck's avatar

Wow! Loved this. Sad but poignant.

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Marie's avatar

Wow!

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E.T. Hansen's avatar

Good story, very poetic -- also I like redheads so you got me! thanks

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M. N. Tarrint's avatar

Somehow it reminds me of the little southern towns I spent so many years in. Creepy secrets no one talks about.

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Colin Devonshire's avatar

Terrific, thank you.

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Colin Devonshire's avatar

Terrific, thank you.

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Will Boucher's avatar

This is amazing. Picking up some Midsommar, horror-in-broad-daylight vibes on this one. Gorgeous prose.

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Fiona Tate's avatar

This touched me in ways I'm going to have to spend some time figuring out. I think we can all identify with the wildflower in some way

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Your imagination does the most interesting things with flowers! 💜

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Kathrine Elaine's avatar

Imagination really is a strange beast. My kid gave me a wildflower and I stood thinking about its name, and how people like wildflowers so much, but hardly anybody knows how they’re called. Unnamed flowers. Why horror? I guess it leaves a lasting emotional impact. Both when writing it and reading. The horror element gives that depth the story needs, to be taken seriously. Maybe. Ah, what do I know.☺️

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

It's unexpected. Flowers are pretty, we don't expect the association with horror. But you don't force it, it just flows naturally and it's good. I love your flower horror stories. 💜

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