DailyArt
I don’t remember when I got my DailyArt™. It’s an electronic picture frame with a subscription: every morning when I wake up, a never-before-seen picture greets me.
They started out cheerful but soon the colors darkened, and the shapes hinted at tragic things. Then this morning I woke up to a single scrawled word.
HELP!
How can I find out who this artist is? The DailyArt customer service is an email address that never replies. Finally, I call the police.
The officer listens, then shakes his head. “Sir, we’ve told you before. DailyArt doesn’t exist. This is a blank canvas.”
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
Lost in a world of a parallel dimension that haunts the hell out of people.
How can you help?
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That would be a fun explanation. I don’t know how you would help, but it sounds like it would make a good book.
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What a great idea. Too bad it can’t be launched and patened. You’d make a fortune. 🙂
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You could probably do something like this. It would be technologically possible, at least.
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Now he, and we, have to figure out he’s deluded, or whether he has the sight
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True, it could go either way. Or maybe the police is gaslighting him for some reason.
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quite mysterious…
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Yes, definitely.
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Whoa! Love this one. Nicely crafted!
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Thanks! I’m really glad you liked it. Thanks for reading.
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Well now… that is disconcerting! Unless he can channel this, erm, gift?
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Maybe, Dale. 🙂 We would have to read more to find out, haha. Thanks for reading!
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Indeedy! Always a pleasure!
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i could see him heaving a sigh of relief. 🙂
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It would be good to know someone wasn’t in distress, but also very disconcerting to find out, I’m guessing.
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Oooooo! That was an unexpected response! Nicely done.
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Thanks, Violet! Glad you liked it.
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Oh, I love this. So many possibilities here. Great last lines!
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Thanks, Brenda. Yes, is it really all in his mind or is something else going on? You can decide. 🙂
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That is such a clever story 🙌
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Thanks! Glad you liked it.
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Eerie.
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Art that only speaks to the observer. I love that idea, except that dark side of it. (lol)
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Thanks, Dawn. Now that I’ve written this story, I want there to be some subscription like this, although it would probably all be done with AI, unfortunately.
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Dear David,
A bit of the surreal and bizarre. Nothing less than I’ve come to expect when climbing into your treehouse. 😉 You definitely left me wanting to know more.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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yeah, bizarre is a good description for a lot of my stuff 🙂 I like stories where you are not sure exactly what is real but I know it’s not everyone’s cup of chai. Thanks for reading, as always, Rochelle.
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