“There’s an imprint,” the man whispered, breathing in the old leather. “An echo.”
“And what does that mean?” Melissa’d had enough of him sniffing around her shoes.
True, she’d told him he could do it, the events surrounding them had been peculiar (with peculiar being used as a euphemism for “bloody terrifying), and he was her best chance of getting to the bottom of it all, but did he have to sniff?
“It means that the shoes remember their previous wearer.” He rose. “They’re haunted.”
Melissa sighed.
Haunted shoes. Just what she needed.
And they’d been just her color too.
This is for Friday Fictioneers. Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for running the challenge and Magaly Geurrero for providing the prompt photo!
Aww too bad the shoes are haunted. At least the ghost has style 😉
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Ghosts always have style. They hang around gothic castles, not strip malls. 😉
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What a fun idea!
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Not worth it, even for the style she wanted!
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I agree! Thanks for commenting!
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What an interesting story.
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She took that surprisingly well!
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I think it had been one of those days.
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Ghost shoes, what a great idea. I wonder what they do to her.
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Thank you! Nothing good, I imagine.
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Haunted shoes! Great idea. I wonder what happened to her before she called in the shoe sniffer? Great tale
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Thank you! Probably a lot had to happen to her to call someone in.
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My pleasure 🙂
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Haunted shoes indeed. The last line made me laugh.
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Now I know why new shoes pinch and bite – they are haunted by the ghosts of the creatures who lived in those hides.
Ingenious take. Great write.
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Finding good shoes is hard enough without worrying about ghosts. Very clever story!
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She should have taken it! Ha Ha! A very different take on the prompt.
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