The Murder House (Allegedly)
There goes another one, walking into the quaint Island Meats house. The problem is, people go in but no one comes out.
I’ve been watching from the café across the street for the last four hours. Tally: 56 people entering, 0 exiting.
Finally, I called 911.
“. . . and I think, maybe, they’re killing the people and using them for the meat,” I conclude.
“Sir, have you actually gone over there?” the officer says.
“Do I dare?”
“Just try.”
Inside the door of Island Meats, a cheery sign says Please exit through the back door to reduce congestion.
Oh.
Thanks, Rochelle, for choosing my picture for this week’s prompt. This was taken on Mackinac Island, up in northern Michigan. It’s a quaint little island that has no cars, just horse-drawn wagons, and more fudge per capita than anywhere else I’ve been.
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
Favorite line…The problem is, people go in but no one comes out. 🙂
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Thanks! Yeah, I try to get a line in at the beginning that grabs you.
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Hotel California
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haha, that would be a twist.
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What a nice, cheerful ending. Good pic that is generating a good crop of stories.
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Thanks, Lisa. Yeah, I’m happy she chose my picture. I’ve enjoyed the stories from it.
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You’re welcome. That really is a nice looking house 🙂
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Yeah, I would love to live there. It’s one we saw on Mackinac Island in Michigan.
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I hear you! Cool to see Michigan featured.
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Funny story. I can imagine an entire sinister plot unclouded by facts but I don’t usually call the police. Ha ha
Thanks for the photo,
Tracey
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Thanks, Tracey. I also would imagine things but never get around to acting on it, probably. At least not by calling the police.
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Great humor! And they do tell us that if we “see something, we should say something.”
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That made me laugh. 🙂
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🍃🙂🍃
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Yes, true. I guess if don’t see something we should say something too 🙂
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hahah – yes….
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Loved this.
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Thanks, Reena! Glad you liked it.
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Huh! Just like a human to overreact! Loved this.
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Yeah, maybe he’s been reading too many horror stories. 🙂
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Hahaha I love the last line! Very nicely told. I was worried there for a while.
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Thanks, Laurie. I guess I really faked people out by putting a Dark tag on it. 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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Cute! I love the over-active imagination of the observer; must be a writer!
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Yes, either a writer or a reader of lots of crime novels. Luckily there is usually a mundane reason for mysterious things.
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Yes, that is true. Mundane is the needle that pops the inflated imagination.
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Thank God you lived to tell the tale. Great atmospheric setting.
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Thanks! Yes, I suppose the story could have ended a lot darker if something had been going on. Thanks for reading.
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Hahahahaha! That was GREAT! Love the twist. Wonderful, once again, David (and confirms my intro comment in my post 😉 )
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I’m glad I didn’t disappoint, Dale. 🙂 Glad you liked it and thanks for reading, as always.
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You never do 😊
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nice twist in the end. well done. 🙂
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Thanks! I’m always up for a nice twist ending.
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Hah! Good one. The last line got me. Well done!
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Thanks! Glad you liked it.
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Ha you had me going there, good write and thanks for the photo 🙌
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My pleasure! I like dark stories too, but it’s always fun to subvert expectations, especially with a happier ending.
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Very true!
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This has me ROFL. Are you sure the police aren’t in on it.
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That would be a great twist. 🙂 Glad you liked it.
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Amusingly imaginative!
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Thanks, Dawn. Glad you liked it.
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Dear David,
It seems to me your MC has way too much free time on his hands. I did laugh out loud at the ending. Oh. Hope you had a great weekend.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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yeah, he definitely has too much time and imagination. Alas, we don’t live in a world of novels most of the time (luckily). Glad you liked it. 🙂
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Hahaha!! Fooled you!
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