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images courtesy of [|Sylvia Kleindinst] Use a guided imagery to get the creative juices pulsating. The Deserted Farmhouse A person comes into the room where you are and hands you a set of car keys with your name on them. You go outside to find a magnificent machine parked in your drive. Your name is on the number plate. You open the door and sit in the driver's seat, looking at the dashboard that could be in an aeroplane. You start the engine and head off for a test drive. Within half an hour of leaving the metropolitan sprawl you wend your way up a winding road. A sign on the road catches your eye and you turn left, bitumen becomes gravel and as you look in the rear vision mirror a cloud of dust rises behind you. Despite the summer heat the pastures are green and when you draw in the fresh air you sigh, grateful to have left the city smog behind. Suddenly the engine splutters and stalls. On the side of the road you try to start the car again but the engine will not turn over. You reach for the mobile, only to remember that it is still at home. Well! This is not how the day was meant to turn out. A glance around reveals that there is a solitary house in the distance. You decide to head towards it to get help. It is quite a long walk to the gateway and then an even longer walk along the dirt track. Finally you reach the house. There is little sign of life but you are drawn to the shade of the tiny verandah. The floor boards are rotting... the window is broken and a piece of torn curtain sways in the wind. As you walk in the door you feel someone's presence
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Unsure whether anyone will be home you open the old wire screen door and rap on the door.....you go inside..... ||
 * So begins your story. You can use some of the lead material to kick start your piece or you can begin with the knock on the door.**