When I found this photo, I knew it would be the perfect prompt for a scene for country noir.
Who is this character? Is he walking away from a heinous crime he’s committed? Is he about to commit a heinous crime? Maybe he’s trying to prevent a heinous crime. In all that fog, at least one heinous crime should be hiding in there.
Here’s how I would start the scene:
“Hunching my shoulders, I walked slowly, listening. If I could hear them before they saw me, I had a chance. I could also turn around and run. I stopped, my ears straining. Fight or flight? Which gave me the best chance at survival? I started waking. Neither one, as far as I could tell. Might as well face them and get it over with. One way or the other.”
How would you use this photo as a scene for country noir?
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Fabulous photo! Personally, I think the cows were due to come home, and they haven’t, so he’s on his way to the field, where something in the unnaturally silent fog shrouded world is waiting…
I love it! Are you combining country noir with sci-fi? That would be an original genre!
It may be SOMETHING otherworldy- I didn’t think that far ahead lol 😀