It’s Sunday and time for Sunday Photo Fiction. Below is the picture which inspired me to write the following flash fiction of slightly over 100 words, although according to the rules, you can write up to 200 words. Thank you Susan for hosting and Susan Spaulding for the photo prompt.
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The Secret Door
Dr. Smith pushed her glasses to the top of her nose. ‘Can you describe how you’re feeling, Sarah?’
‘I’m lying down in the middle of the street, in my school uniform, while passersby throw stones over my motionless body.’
Dr. Smith nodded as if she understood. ‘Close your eyes, Sarah. Imagine you’re a bystander watching. What can you see?’
‘A girl buried under a huge, grey stone pyramid.’
She smiled. ‘Look again, Sarah. Perhaps you’re not under the pyramid, you’re inside it and there’s a way out.’
‘Like a secret door?’
Dr. Smith nodded. ‘Exactly.’
‘Where?’
Dr. Smith leaned towards her patient. ‘I’m here to help you find it.’
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Rereading Jane Eyre 
Great entry! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you!
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What is the doctor trying to do? Is she removing the fear of being stoned or the fear of getting trapped inside a pyramid? I think the girl is fearing being stoned.
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I think the doctor is treating the stones as a metaphor. She’s not literally afriad of being stoned. She’s a teenager who feels everyone’s against her, no one is going to really stone her in UK. The doctor is trying to give her the strength to face her fears or her adversaries by searcing for or reinforcing her own inner strength. That was my intention, but readers can interpret in other ways.
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Thank you for explaining.
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You’re welcome! thank you for reading and commenting:)
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Most situations have a way out, it just a matter of finding where it is. Interesting!
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Thanks Keith. Teenagers tend to be rather dramatic!
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Intriguing. Sometimes the way out of a problem is to view it from a different perspective. I think the doctor’s onto something.
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Thank you, Norah 😍
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Hmmm, I thought she was having a past life memory and might have been suffering from PTSD from the memories. Well done!
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It’s not what I had in mind, but once a work is published, the interpretation is up to the reader. Interesting interpretation. Thank you for letting me know:)
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This is great – and something I was just thinking about today!
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I’m glad it struck a chord!
It’s amazing how when you’re looking for or thinking about something, you generally find it, or at least something related to it.
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So true – I love when that happens!
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Excellent writing!
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Thank you!
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