Friday Fictioneers is a weekly challenge to write a complete story in 100 words or less based on a photo prompt. Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting this challenge and J Hardy Carroll for this week’s prompt. This week’s story is light-hearted. I hope you enjoy it. Word count is 98.
Lost
Prosthetic leg
$10,000 reward
Call …
Harry grinned as he read the sign. In the lost-and-found business that was a lot of money. More than the measly hundred people paid for missing dogs. With that kind of loot, Harry could go legit.
If he just knew where to look.
Where would a leg hide?
The next day, Harry contacted the owner. Miraculously, the leg had been found. A meeting was arranged.
When Harry arrived, the cops arrested him for grand theft.
How could Harry know all fake legs were not the same. It worked with dog owners.
Redbuds and Roserocks 