Mondays Finish the Story

“The cemetery spread along the area known as Devils Abode.”

The cemetery spread along the area know as Devils Abode. This was not encouraging to the residents of Sunny Hills Rest Home whose facility butted up against its boundary. They were reminded daily of their next destination after their time on earth was over.

Sunny Hills was located on part of the old site of the Dixmont Psychiatric Hospital. In the early days it had been a large facility to house the criminally insane of the state. The remaining patients had been moved to other facilities years ago, except for one.

In all the confusion of the last days he was forgotten. He had hidden out in the old coal storage building ever since. He still made his daily visit to the cemetery to see some of his old friends. His cold empty eyes gazed over to the cheerful grounds of Sunny Hills.

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Sunny Hills

31 thoughts on “Mondays Finish the Story”

Tessa August 31, 2015 at 2:31 pm

I wouldn’t want him hanging around. Love the story.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorAugust 31, 2015 at 3:02 pm
  
  Thank You! Me either 🙂
  
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Riverstardust August 31, 2015 at 3:54 pm

~woah ‘he’ sounds scary! enjoyed your piece 😀

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorAugust 31, 2015 at 4:29 pm
  
  Thank You. 🙂
  
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Dan Antion August 31, 2015 at 4:10 pm

Nicely done.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorAugust 31, 2015 at 4:29 pm
  
  Thank You Dan, appreciate it!
  
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Priceless Joy August 31, 2015 at 4:15 pm

Great story! It’s sad that the residents of Sunny Hill have to stare at what will happen to them next – death.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorAugust 31, 2015 at 4:32 pm
  
  Well maybe they will go out with a bang…or You never know they may end up defeating the menace and decide to go on living dangerously. 🙂
  
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Yolanda Renee August 31, 2015 at 4:21 pm

Oh dear, criminally insane, graveyard, and a place full of happy folks nearby, there is something brewing here! Well done!

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorAugust 31, 2015 at 4:33 pm
  
  Thank You! Yeah sounds pretty crazy. 🙂
  
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LifestyleswithLia August 31, 2015 at 4:40 pm

Very riveting flash fiction, Deborah!!

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorAugust 31, 2015 at 4:42 pm
  
  Thanks Lia! ❤
  
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babso2you August 31, 2015 at 7:18 pm

Nicely done Deborah! Thank you for finding and writing for the Mondays Finish the Story challenge. See you next time! Be well… ^..^

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorAugust 31, 2015 at 7:28 pm
  
  Thank You! It was a lot of fun. 🙂
  
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  1. babso2you September 2, 2015 at 5:24 pm
    
    I hope that you do come back!
    
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  2. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 2, 2015 at 6:43 pm
    
    Thank You. I will 🙂
    
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  3. babso2you September 4, 2015 at 6:06 pm
    
    🙂 Making me smile! 🙂
    
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yarnspinnerr August 31, 2015 at 11:41 pm

A great yarn. Very well told.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 1, 2015 at 7:10 am
  
  Thank You.
  
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Fourth Generation Farmgirl September 1, 2015 at 1:59 am

Wonderful story. 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 1, 2015 at 7:13 am
  
  Thank You Tanya. 🙂
  
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thecoastalquill September 1, 2015 at 7:04 am

Great story!!! There is a hospital in my area, built next to cemetery… the rehab unit looks over the graves. The hospital finally put a barrier up, the patients were quite disturbed.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 1, 2015 at 7:16 am
  
  Thank You! LOL, that might put a crimp in one’s rehab.
  
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draliman September 1, 2015 at 10:51 am

Yeeks, that sounds sinister. And “Sunny Hills”, right next to “Devils Abode”. Location, location, location 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 1, 2015 at 11:30 am
  
  Yes 😀 You would think that Devils Abode might have given them a little hint. 😉 But they got a bargain on the price. 🙂
  
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Denise Covey September 1, 2015 at 6:41 pm

Oh super creepy Deborah! You’ll be all set for Halloween at WEP!

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 1, 2015 at 6:44 pm
  
  Thanks Denise! Yeah I was thinking about that too 😈
  
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afairymind September 2, 2015 at 3:37 am

An ominous ending! I fear for the residents on Sunny Hills Rest Home. It’s scary that the authorities managed to ‘forget’ one if the criminally insane inmates! Good story. 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 2, 2015 at 9:03 am
  
  Yes scary and careless of those authorities 🙂 Thank You!
  
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luckyjc007 September 17, 2015 at 8:00 pm

Wonderful story. 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorSeptember 17, 2015 at 8:38 pm
  
  Thank You 🙂
  
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