Friday Fictioneers – Invention

Photo Prompt © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

“What if …”

You have to love any sentence that starts that way, don’t you? It conjures up delightful fairy tales and the deepest philosophy.

“… the whole universe is a story?” she said.

“Okay,” I said. “So who’s telling it?”

“Nobody. There’s no narrator or listeners. Only the story.”

That’s why I adored her. She lived in a different world; more magical, more complicated.

“Once I open the box, I know whether the cat is dead or alive. But you don’t know until I tell you,” she said

“Ha! So the observer exists and creates the tale.”

“Damn!”

 

Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here.

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