Photo Prompt © Jennifer Pendergast
It had been quiet as usual, apart from those times when the services were on. I had a part-time job in the cathedral. I did various tasks, from the top of the gantry to do the stained-glass windows, to the lowest part in the crypt where I moved odd objects, but very gently.
I had been in the crypt, but for some reason I headed up. There was a strange noise, and it was getting louder. And then the whole ceiling disappeared into the sky, as the crypt ripped out.
I stared, and stared. It was a spacecraft. How extraordinary!
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers
Genre: Sorta Fiction
Word Count: 100
luna's on line 
we found
in that house of the holy
piety is a money pit
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That’s for sure, he thinks.
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“Ceiling Trek: The Next Iteration”!
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A good interpretation that’s for sure!
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Crypt, …the very word signifies ‘danger’, Chris, …( to my mind anywho! ) …and step slowly from the spacecraft…. At least ‘til I get there! …💙
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It certainly bizarre that’s for sure, don’t you think, Penn… although for me, I do like a crypt… there’s a great one in the Liverpool Catholic Cathedral ⛪
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Hmmm makes me wonder what was in those relics…..
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Could be fascinating – an alien or two, perhaps?
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Wow! A movie worthy story.
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Aww, thanks a lot, Sadje! Maybe ‘Aliens are Fun‘ – I’m giggling.
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You’re most welcome dear friend
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Very appropriate short story for Erich von Däniken who recently passed away.
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Oh, I didn’t realise he had died so recently, but a good age though. I have that book: Chariots of the Gods? – an interesting read.
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I love the ending. Took me totally by surprise!
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Oh excellent – I’m so pleased about that!
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“Far-out”, as we used to say!
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woo! didn’t expect that!
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Tee-hee – v. pleased about that!!
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I like how you let us feel the MC’s familiarity with the place by working there – and could feel the extraordinary more!
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Thanks very much, Yvette!
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😀
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Aww. She missed her chance to be aboard by minutes.
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Such a shame, eh?
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Wow! It went from a place of worship to a place of war. Love your imagination Chris!
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Aww, thank you so much, Darnell. All sorts of nonsense flies from my brain. 😉
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Nice flash work!
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Thanks a lot!
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😂 That almost sounds like something that would happen to Foster and Panda! One minute you’re looking up and next you’re spiraling through outer space!! 🤣🐱🐼
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Well, maybe Foster and Panda should find a handy rocket to go around the world and back again, of course. Could they go to Kennedy Space Center perhaps? Just a thought…
🚀😺🐼
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Wow! I love the ending. Nice work, Chris!
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Thanks very much, Eugi!
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You’re welcome, Chris!
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Dear Chris,
I’ll bet that shook up the worshippers. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Imagine how there looked up.. and up! So that was a fun one with that gorgeous photo. Thanks a lot, Rochelle.
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what a twist in the end. totally unexpected. well done. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Plaridel. 😊
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Chris, I love what you saw in this image.
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Thanks a lot, Li! By the way, I really enjoyed your latest chapter about lovely Fawn. 🐺
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You are welcome, Chris. Thanks very much. I enjoyed us writing Fawn’s story together. I would love to see it illustrated and put together and published.
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Oh yes, me too!
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I’m trying to brainstorm a way it can be done. Do you have any ideas on it?
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I am still thinking about this. I will email you and Jules if I can think about anything useful. 🤔
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❤
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Extraordinary things happen without announcement. Very different take on the prompt.
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It was odd, certainly. My thought just popped into my head. Yep… odd.
Thanks for that, Geeta!
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Very clever, Chris. A most enjoyable take on this prompt.
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Glad that you liked it, Robbie!
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💝
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Oh yes, I think I’ve read other stories like this… out of the depths something rises. And we have to wonder just how holy it all might be?
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All sorts of ideas and thoughts. Good, bad and worse… we can think about those.
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wouldn’t that be a strange senareo if it were real? X
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Gosh, it would indeed. A scary thought, eh? 🤔😂
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One never knows what those ancient structures can turn into!
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Oooh – scary thoughts!!!
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