Deep in the bowels of hell, a heart glowed fiercely on a cave wall.
The devil found this most unfortunate. He tried having his minions scrub it off. That didn’t work. They poured water on it. The heart glowed as fiercely as ever.
Scorching, disinfecting, hitting with a stick…none of these worked.
The devil was at his wit’s end. “Alright,” he said. “Who’s lost their heart? Come and claim it before I lose my temper.”
There were no takers for the heart. The devil was going to have to look at it every morning when he woke up, hanging as it was on his very own bedroom wall.
To make matters worse, a gaping hole had appeared in his chest.
He thought he’d better cover that up pretty quickly.
(Image courtesy of Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo)
Inspired by Sue Vincent’s Writephoto Prompt: Deep
A nice take on the prompt! It *does* look rather like a burning heart. I wonder how he lost it…
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Thanks 🙂 When I first looked at the photo the heart shape just jumped out at me…it was the inspiration trigger. I’m excited to see what everyone else came up with…
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Super! This is fun!
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He he, I had alot of fun writing it 🙂
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Enjoyed that! Just goes to show, he may be the Prince of Darkness but…
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Glad you enjoyed it Martin! 🙂
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Very dark and innovative
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Thanks Neel
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Liked this a lot, a cave is what I could see and the heart leapt from the page. well done.
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Thanks Ellen. Good to know I didn’t just imagine things!
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Reblogged this on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo.
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Loved your story, Isabel. Wonderfully written. The ending is perfect. ❤ Interesting coincidence that your last name matches the image.
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Thanks Olga 🙂 I didn’t even notice that coincidence until you mentioned it!
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Love this! Great direction.
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Thanks Carl 🙂
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Very clever, funny and with a moral
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Thank you!
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A brilliant idea, Isabel 🙂
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Thanks Sue 🙂
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Where is that picture taken? Looks just like the stalactite cave I visited this week!
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It was taken at Stump Cross Caverns in Yorkshire.:)
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