I found myself walking around the stranger’s house while he was preparing a meal. My mother had always told me that you can tell a lot about a person from the books that they read. Unsurprisingly, I went towards the bookshelf and started to look at the various books nestled on the shelf.
His interest in digital photography was obvious and I made a note to ask him about it over dinner. I would love to see pictures that he had taken after reading these books. They must be amazing.
Mind you, reading, in general, was a good sign. Maybe my Internet dating had finally struck gold. I drifted around the room soaking up everything that was there. Tonight was going to be in the night that everything went right. From the looks of the books that were around I had finally found somebody worth meeting.
He came into the room behind me. “Do you like reading?”
Turning to him I nodded my agreement. “It is a passion.”
The unexpected blow to the head made me stagger forwards. The last thing that I was going to hear was his voice telling me that everything turned out like a broken fairytale.
Written for Sunday photo fiction.
AngieTrafford 
“In Search of Mr. Goodbook”.
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Ouch! I was somehow waiting for something but wasn’t quite prepared for … that!
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Well, neither was she! Thanks for reading.
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Always a pleasure!
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Ha! Nice one, Angie. That made me chuckle.. Made me think of some of my past dates 😁
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I hope none of them ended in murder 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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Nice one Angie, something about the writing had me just waiting for the twist at the end and you didn’t disappoint!
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I would have hated to have disappointed you with a happy date story 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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😉
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It was sounding too good to be true! Nice tale, brilliant ending.
…about my very first book!
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It was definitely too good to be true! Thanks for reading.
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I like the twist in the end. I did not expect that.
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I like to catch people out 🙂 Thanks for reading and hosting.
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She seemed so happy and looking forward to this date. What an awful way to have it end with a blow to the head and some weirdo telling her “life was a broken fairytale.” Apparently, he was more broken than most people in life. Great write Angie.
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He was very much broken rather than the Prince Charming she wanted. Thanks for reading.
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Oh god, how awful! I suppose one cannot always trust people based on what books they have lined along their shelves 😉
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Not at all! Thanks for reading.
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Yikes! A book hater…an unexpected sting in the tale
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A great twist, Angie. The contents of a person’s bookshelf can tell you a lot, but obviously not everything about them!
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Well, I don’t suppose there is a manual for being a psycho killer! Thanks for reading.
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