Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge to write a 200-word story based on a photo prompt. This week’s photo is one I took. No surprise, it was taken in Vail Colorado. If you are interested in contributing your own story, or to see what others have written, please visit Sunday Photo Fiction
‘Thea wanted a new life. Vail was exactly what she was looking for: snow-capped mountains, open-spaces, and green living.’
‘Thea sold her car and bought a yellow bicycle. On days when distance was more than her legs could handle, Thea rode the bus. That’s how she met Jack.’
‘Handsome and charismatic, Jack was a dream-come-true.’
‘When Jack caught her staring one to many times, he invited her to join him in conversation. It was as if they had known each other for years.’
‘Thea began spending all her free time with him; she stopped seeing her old friends.
‘Thea became obsessed with Jack.’
‘There was something about Jack that was just not right.’
Two hikers discovered Thea’s yellow bicycle alongside the mountain road. It did not take long to find the blood-soaked snow bank where her bludgeoned body lay.
‘The bicycle ride had been Jack’s idea,’ her friend Becky told the police.
Detective Osborne avoided looking at the crime photos and closed the case file. He had seen enough. There was a monster on the loose, and Osborne knew this was not his first kill. Picking up the phone, he dialed the Seattle homicide division.
I think Jack’s struck again.
Redbuds and Roserocks 