Copyright -Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The staircase around lift cage seems locked in time. A calendar on its wall had just one sheet – “AgAust 1953”, the month and year his Vernian grandfather disappeared.
The calendar – at first it seemed a misspelled month – or is it?
And why just opposite to those two ornamental pieces on the lift-cage?
“Silver” and “Gold”, that’s Ag and Au on the periodic table? Ag-Au-St?
He pulled the golden amulet – didn’t budge.
A pull on the silver ring, and it folded down around the golden amulet.
A ring announced the arrival of an unseen lift– two levers inside marked “Charlie’s Chocolate Factory” & “Center of Earth”.
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100 word Flash Fiction written for Friday Fictioneers challenge dated 21 March 2014. It’s a weekly challenge organized by Rochelle Wisoff.
You can see the other Fictioneer’s take from the froggy link below –
Abode of Horus 
Great take on the prompt
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Am honored by your praise friend 🙂
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Nicely done!
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Thanks for the praise !
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Dear Indrajit,
I’m glad I kept reading before alerting you to your “typo.” Chocolate factory for me, please. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks for your patience Rochelle! 🙂
Chocolate Factory it will be !!
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Great hook. I like that one a lot! Well done.
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Thanks a lot for liking and the praise friend !
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I was ready to point out the “A”, too. What a couple of nice twists you go in there! I choose “Chocolate Factory”, too.
janet
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Thanks Janet, for your patience and liking the story – and you are rewarded with the Chocolate Factory ! 🙂
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Chocolate factory for me please! 🙂
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🙂 just press the lever !!
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🙂
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An original take on the prompt there, enjoyed it.
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Thanks for your words Sandra !
I loved writing it too… 🙂
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Good and well-written story. Very creative. I would guess most will choose the Chocolate Factory as I would.
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Thanks Patricia ! Well I would have gone to the factory after I had exhausted myself from the trip to the center of the earth ! 😉
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I loved your story. Center of the earth here I come, with a pit stop by the Chocolate Factory for supplies.
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Way to go girl !! Though I had planned it the other way round !! 😀
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Now that was very creative. Good job! I’ll just take the center of the earth. 😉
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that’s a good choice Jackie ! thanks for the praise. 🙂
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well obviously , I’d choose the chocolate factory 🙂 great story
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WC to the factory KZ 🙂
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Great idea, Indrajit. I wonder where his grandfather went.
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I guess where all Vernians go 🙂
Thanks for reading and appreciation Karen !
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Now that’s truly weird! I’ll check out the center of the earth, I’ve been eating enough chocolate lately.
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Now you know how to go there! 🙂
Thanks for reading Perry !
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Cute story and I would like to visit both please! Thanks for the great story! Nan
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Thanks a lot for reading and liking the story Nan! 🙂
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An intelligent take on the prompt with a sweet ending -at least for me-for I do hope he will opt for Charlie’s chocolate factory ;-)Well done Indrajit:-)
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Thanks Atreyi for reading and liking it.. 🙂
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I need to know the colour of the centre of the earth. There’s a monkey lady that I need to compare notes with. I’ll get chocolate later if I still want it.
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Thats a brilliant plan.. you might also consult the lost grandfather if you chance upon meeting him! 🙂
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If I meet him I’ll let you know. 🙂
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😀
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fantastic story Indrajit. cool options! 🙂 which one did he pick?
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thanks for the praise Sharmistha.. I guess he tried both ! 🙂
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Quite an enlightening write-up.
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thanks for liking friend !
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I would go for the Chocolate factory.. yes indeed I would
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Enjoy ! 🙂
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How fascinating and elemental (pun intended :)) I’ll take the ‘centre of the earth’
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How very strange, darling. And wonderful!
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I had to read carefully a couple of times to suss out exactly what you were saying, but I think you have the first draft of an intriguing flash fiction story here. I especially love the clue on the misspelled calendar page.
Cheers!
MG
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Thanks for all the attention MG.. And for the praise 🙂
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Good times!
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That’s clever. I’d go with the chocolate factory too, unless it was Jules Verne’s kind of center of the earth.
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His grand dad was a Vernian – isnt he ? 😀
Thanks for reading David !
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