Everyone loves a plot twist. How would you twist the plot with this photo prompt? What unexpected way could the plot turn in this scene? I’ve used this photo a long time ago, but I still enjoy the twist it inspired.
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The wrecked cards littered the road like dead leaves, just as the people who’d escaped from them described. The fog rolled in, thick and heavy. My breathing matched it, coming in labored spurts, as I picked my way through the debris, my senses on high alert for any sign of the creature who’d done this.
I walked on and on, my footsteps lonely, when an enormous shadow loomed in the fog.
I crept to a stop, the air seeming to grow too thick to breathe.
The dark form vanished as if it were a black mist.
I waited, straining for another sign of the creature. I only heard the blood pumping through my–
The shadow again. Closer this time.
Clearing my throat scraped it like a razorblade, but I went ahead and said, “Dad?”
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How does the photo inspire you to twist the plot?
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