If looks could kill, he would not have hesitated. He should have beheaded me, like my mother, stilled my writhing locks. But these walls are thick, and statuary more beautiful than any corpse.
This post was made in response to the Trifecta Writing Challenge weekend prompt, in which the editors asked for exactly 33 words including an idiom somewhere within.
Christine Hanolsy 
Does stautuary mean she and more like her are held captive by him? Or is he a statue whose murderous expression drew that first remark from her? Plenty of scope and I love that. And ‘if looks could kill’ is a fav with me anyway 🙂
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Well, it apparently came across completely differently from how I intended it! 🙂 If looks (her gaze) could kill, somebody would have destroyed her. Instead they held her captive to make statues. Of course, if one has to explain it, one didn’t say it right the first time…
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oh 😦 it can also be that a short-circuit in my head 😐
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No, no – pretty much everyone read it the way you did. Which is a good lesson for me – the author’s intent doesn’t always carry through to the reader.
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What a unique take-loved the dark,murderous fantasy 🙂
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Nice! Beautiful and powerful – but it does make me wonder why he should have beheaded her (nosy person that I am :))
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It’s the only way to kill a gorgon, I believe. And Medusa was the only mortal one.
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Gorgeous, Christine!
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Love this! What a wonderful, creative use of idiom. Awesome!
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Oooh! Creepy and brilliant! (For some reason, I was reminded of the tale of Bluebeard. Not sure why. :P)
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Wow! Nice job, Christine!
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That’s a girl who really knows how to give a guy a hard time.
Cheers!
JzB
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ooooh very nice! Powerful 🙂
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Very good!
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Reblogged this on The Cheese Whines and commented:
I always appreciate a good imagination.
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Creepy and well written.
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He should have known better. Nice turn of the prompt.
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oooohhhh – that’s showin’ him. 🙂
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I’m sure he makes for a nice coat stand (:
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