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Prudence Elizabeth Walker
A comp entry:
According to legend every third Sunday in March at 11:59 pm since the 1920's, a woman can be seen riding horseback on fire through the Grand canyon and on up to Flagstaff. It is also written that she was a very talented performer.
Being both a flamethrower & trapeze-acrobat for a Big Top Circus
in Arizona. Until one unfaithful Spring night.
Over the years, towns folk have reported seeing her flaming body riding around town seeking revenge on the man who murdered her...
On March 20,1927 having little or no sleep the night before, she decided she needed the money more than rest and went to work with a wearable smile; while all the while keeping her mind on the clock, waiting for midnight to hurry up and come so she could leave work and go home.
The curtain went up at exactly 7:00 pm and the freak show began.
The clowns were always first to go on stage, then the animals, and then last but not least, Prudence Elizabeth Walker aka Pru, was the last act of the night. She was getting pretty good at throwing out huge balls of fire in repetitions, making it seem like she was casting magic spells with her flames. The audience always went wild!
Pru smiled a lot when she heard the loud clapping, whistles and cheers coming from the people who came to see her act. Plus, she hadn't made a mistakes in quite sometime, not one single error in over 4 months, that made her smile too...
Some random asshole named Tank Murdock "the town drunk" up in the front row, thought it would be funny to throw a lit cigarette at the stage, so he did, and Poof! The entire stage caught on fire and within seconds, Pru, became engulfed in flames and died right there on that stage, that night!
The Driver of the hearse was in fact the man who killed her by "accident."
This journal was written by some of her friends
who talked with Pru, earlier that night.
Published 12th Jun 2017
| Edited 27th Nov 2017
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12th Jun 2017 11:00am
fire moving in the canyon, it must be quite a sight;
what a tragic, well told tale...
what a tragic, well told tale...
Anonymous
12th Jun 2017 1:24pm
I have to agree with Feddeler, he couldn't say it better
12th Jun 2017 1:50pm
I have been at this since last night hehe. when you have a chance please reread this mayjor edits Sun,lol kk :) thanks babes.. Love Zazzzles Xo
12th Jun 2017 6:42pm
Zazzles, I love a good ghost story and your's is a haunting triumph. Brava!
12th Jun 2017 7:52pm
It's actually an entry into a competition called write a poem using these words there's like 8 random words so I grab the up and wrote Idk LOL Thanks for the read GW
12th Jun 2017 10:20pm
If true it's a very painful n sad way to die
If just a tall tale, it's remarkably well done!
Best of luck in the contest sweetheart :)
If just a tall tale, it's remarkably well done!
Best of luck in the contest sweetheart :)
13th Jun 2017 00:06am
Hey Po, yes it's not true but I had fun writing this.
Thanks for the good luck!
Hugssss bro🦋
Zazzlesxo
Thanks for the good luck!
Hugssss bro🦋
Zazzlesxo
13th Jun 2017 11:52pm
A hell of a story, extremely well told. The image of Prudence arriving like a burning, vengeful warrior is terrifying, and the irony of the end is perfect. If I was that driver I'd head for the hills....
It was my greatest challenge yet Crow. LOL I must of edited this thing over 50 times trying to make it all make sense and correlate.. As always I truly appreciate your thoughts and reactions to my writes! loves you brother dearly <3 and not just cause you visit me, but because i care about you.. love Jackie xo
