PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
BACK IN TIME
by
Kelvin M. Knight
The engine was gone yet the bonnet was still warm. PI Kowalski moved his hands away. Despite the warmth he saw nothing. Cars were tricky, yet it wasn’t that. He touched the trees nearby. Zilch. This wasn’t right. He’d misplaced his abilities before but that had always followed human intimacy. This was something else. Stepping into the engine cavity, he sat crosslegged, pressed his palms together, and grimaced. Emotions like wisps of smoke swirled around him. Someone laughed. The bonnet clanged shut. An engine roared. He felt his senses yanked backwards then that laughter again.
‘Got you, you psychic moron!’
(100 words)
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Bloody hell! I enjoy the turns of events. 🙂
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Good one! So much packed into those 100 words…clever.
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Whoa. What a story, Kelvin. I love the lack of backstory and the way you just let it happen. Riveting and a great hook. 🙂
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Thank you, Diane I deliberately ignored those elements to see what would happen and I am glad you saw they worked to produce a great hook and commented so. 😃😎
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Great build-up.
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Thanks, Lisa – just wanted to try something different.
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Perhaps now he will change his career and become a grease monkey. Then he can climb under cars bonnets every day. Great inventive writing
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This one sounds like it’s the car who is behind it all… old cars can have a life of their own… wonder if it has its own digestion system for PI:s too.
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Haha like where your imagination is going, Bjorn.
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Wow! That’s a really well thought through alternate reality. You give the impression that you feel completely at home writing about a world with a psychic investigator, and villains with the resources to stymie his paranormal powers. And it’s a gripping story as well.
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Dear Kelvin,
I’m so happy to see your face in the FF queue. This one is most inventive. I found it interesting that he lost his psychic abilities after intimacy. Hm. All around you left me with questions. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Powerful twist!! Some very excellent lines in here of “He’d misplaced his abilities before but that had always followed human intimacy.” is probably my favorite….
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Oh my god, I am shocked. A lot of fantasy here.
Regards, SLSM. 🙂
https://stilllovedstillmissed.wordpress.com/2019/01/27/in-search-of-love/
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Oh SLSM hope I haven’t shocked you too much with my fantastical imagination, or stopped you from enjoying my flash fiction. 🙂
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Hahaha! Sure, I did enjoy . 😀 😀
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I think this has to win the award for the most inventive take on the prompt this week. Well done!
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Thank you Sandra that’s really kind of you.
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Intriguing direction you took here, leaving us wondering and drawn in. How on earth did a person climb into the engine cavity? Made me wonder if this was a psychic fairy. 😉 Clever.
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No fairy, Dawn. With the engine gone I’m sure there was enough space. You always see bodies in boots in films, especially American cars. Thanks for commenting 🙂
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Ah, yes, the engine is gone. I missed that!
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And we Americans do love our cars… and hiding bodies. 😉
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It certainly seems that way from Hollywood anyway. Thanks again for the comment and making me grin.
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like the paranormal take on the photo!
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Thank you Jennifer, I wanted to try something different. 🙂
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Nice to have you back, Kelvin. And what a ride! That was great and leaves us with so many questions…
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It’s good to be back Dale, posing questions…
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Ooh, that’s a creepy, fascinating snippet, Kelvin. Who’s trapped him? Why was he there in the first place? What the heck is going to happen now? Really great stuff
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He got to the heart of the matter. That will teach him for dabbling. Ha!
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Ha precisely ellenbest24!
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Well, he didn’t see that one coming 🙂
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Haha he must be a back seat psychic, or…
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