Prompt ….
The immaculately manicured small garden is a part of larger patch of cleared land. It was the meeting ground for some assassins today. Yesterday it was a site for a covert meeting of two politicians conspiring to overthrow the duly elected government and the day before kidnappers had collected a ransom in this very place. The list of unsavory activities that goes on here is long and gruesome.
Occasionally it is transformed into an orchard or a picturesque riverfront. The apparently magical place is available to all for a steep price with the settings that one wants. Essentially it is a film set which can be converted to many forms using props. Its location and price ensure that only the very rich hire it.
Once a year, on the day of spring equinox the earth here is turned upside down. No human has seen it and lived to tell what actually happens. However, practitioners of black magic come here (next day) to collect discarded snake skins.
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Wow!! What a tale!!
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Sometimes I get the feeling we are all living in someone’s film set. Great take on the photo!
That is a feeling I share with you.
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Now it is all creepy. To think I wanted to visit there. Now I just want to erase your images from my mind!
then I regret posting this piece.
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No, I am meaning that in the spirit of your piece. I really do want to know where it is. I think it has to be like a country club kind of place.
I was reading about conspiracy theories and this piece was influenced by the rule of Reptilians. There is a Hindu myth about the land of reptiles (Naglok). So it could be in this mythical place.
Thanks for the interest.
I love your name by the way. Where I live in the mountainous end of the state of Virginia people are often labeled as Yarn spinning, especially the more fantastical their tale.
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Oh goodness, such a sinister place! Black magic only knows the tale! LOL! Great story YS!
LOL. Thank you PJ.
Money it seems talks in this garden, the garden of Eden?
Like all places on this planet.
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Love the idea of one garden space that is witness to all these things.
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Snakes! Ew.
Exactly.
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wow! so many stories in one. love the effusive creativity in this story.
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Moon
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The setting’s creepy, but beautiful at the same time, shifting to suit the desires of whoever visits it. The place must have amazing stories to tell, if it could talk.
Geography has its own tales to tell.
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