There was a film left in the camera, the night Uncle Steve disappeared. We had to send it off to be developed – his dark room was a mystery to us.
When the prints came back, we clustered round the kitchen table as Aunty Barb opened them.
She never said a word. Her hands shook more and more as she went through them, and her face froze. Then, suddenly, she got up and left the room.
She never mentioned the photographs, or Uncle Steve again, and we never asked her what she’d seen.
Ninety three words for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. I could have added the days of the week…image by Ted Strutz, words by me, prompt from Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. 
Left me wondering what was in those pictures.
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Ah. I was going to write about that at first, but Auntie Barb took over a bit…
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The scariest things are always the things we imagine. You were right not to explain
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Maybe some naughty pictures of Uncle Steve’s “model.”
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Cheeky!
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So was she. 😀
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🙄
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You really capture the horror of it. Now I want to read more.
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Thank you!
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Uncle Steve captured something that drove him insane, and Aunty Barb was also about to go insane? It’d work! Well done on creating a mystery!
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Oh, that’s creepier than what I had already!
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I dread to think what she saw. Nice teaser.
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Darn it Aunty Barb! Don’t leave us in the dark!
Well done, Sarah!
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Hmm looks like Uncle Steve would have been in trouble with Aunty Barb over those photos. I am leaning towards naught pictures too.
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Spooky!
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Dear Sarah,
Sounds like Uncle Steve had a really dark room. Mysterious and nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Very dark indeed! I hadn’t made that connection, I like it a lot. Thank you.
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You’ve definitely enhanced your story by leaving us wondering as to the photos’ content. My guess is that Uncle Steve had a kink that Aunty Barb refused to indulge – so he found someone who would, and the photos show it.
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So far it seems to be sex or horror, with nothing in between.
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Phooey. That means we don’t get to know, either. Poor Aunt Barb.
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Well, we can have fun guessing.
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Now that’s mysterious!
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I can only guess it’s the “other woman” on those picture… Hope it’s not Barb’s baby sister…
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Oh, that would be bad. I was imagining an alien abduction…
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cliffhanger and tease! ha
but as i read your story – it really does seem like someone just disappeared and left things as is
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That’s the story I was trying to tell. Thanks for reading. 😌
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🙂
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How sad. Think of all the question which will never be answered for the rest of the family.
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