Thank you to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for all her work and organization. You can visit her site and read through the other Flash Fiction Friday postings at:
http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/24-january-2014/
For those who are new, Rochelle shares a photo prompt to which several #FridayFictioneers compose a 100-word flash of fiction. Come, and you’ll need a shovel.
Here’s my contribution:
The Spring House
Trace toiled by hand and with the assistance of his mule, Gerald. While excavating the water source and preparing the ground for a stone foundation the mountainside wall dissolved revealing a deeper hollow.
Having retrieved his flashlight, Trace leaned inward exploring the darkness. Not ten feet away from his outstretched arm and previously concealed within the depths of the mountain was something huge, seemingly metallic based on how the light danced upon the surface, with a subtle curve, which his single light source could not fully expose.
Trace pushed through the opening and approached the strange thing.
What the hell?
jKb
The Bradley Chronicles 
I can only assume a spacecraft? Good story.
That was my assumption as well.
I am not sure of the absolute makeup of this metal thing, be it a lost structure or space vehicle, but as the idea of this scene grew there were pieces of TommyKnockers mingled in with lots of Lovecraft.
It gives your readers to decide unless you continue the story.
and where is Chapter 2 – is it something from another time or world??? Now I’m waiting!!!
I suppose we may discover more about this story.
I hope it’s gold – or something cool – Really a good story and I’d like to know more. Thanks, Nan
Dear JK,
Good build of tension with an end that leaves me hanging. What the hell? Good job.
shalom,
Rochelle
You didn’t think I’d sew it up all tidy did you?
Thanks!
Aha! A mystery. leaves me thinking. (You can’t have a donkey called Gerald!)
But his name is Gerald. Lol.
Thank you!
That’s me, hanging out at the end of the limb you’ve left me on. Good thing I work out and can hold on tightly. But my imagination’s getting a great workout. Good one, JK.
janet
This is the perfect for a hidden beast! Is it a dragon perhaps? I like your take a lot.
I feel a sci-fi coming on…can’t wait to hear what the thing is.
I’m mesmerized on what was found beyond that metal structure that caused the exclaimation… a close encounter of some kind..
Ooh, shades of The Tommyknockers! You know it can’t be good. Great tension building.
Here’s mine: http://unexpectedpaths.com/friday-fictioneers/keep-calm-and-carry-on/
This could be anything, thanks for letting my imagination run away with your story!
An interesting take:-)
Dun-dun-dun! Oh the mystery!