Jan 27, 2016 Friday Fictioneers

House of Sand, House of Darkness
©January 27th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

Matthieu told me when I bought the house that it was a bad idea.  He warned me not to buy so close to the beach.

I bought it.   It was beautiful.  Old tiled roofs and stuccoed walls made it look charming.  Bamboo shoots tied together made a little enclosure on the balcony.  I spent my first morning there, sipping café, reading Le Monde.

My first inkling that something was wrong came when I felt a shift in my bones.

I stood up, looking out to sea.

Sand was advancing towards my house, which moved seawards.  Fate coalesced.

Darkness fell.

 

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Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, our Fairy Blog-Mother, for hosting Friday Fictioneers, and to CEAyr for the photograph.

 

Tags: #Original Short Story by Vijaya Sundaram, House of Sand, Matthew 7:24-27, Original 100-word short story based on a photo-prompt