Paragraph contest

[ponytail]

Thanks Outtie! Here we go....  I like Outtie's idea of filling in the blank, so I will continue the trend.

His fingers closed around the ....... and he took a step forward into the darkness.

[Snowbird]

His fingers closed around the bed post and he took a step forward into the darkness.   He reached out for what should have been a dresser a few feet to his left but it was not there.  Marge had done it again.  She delighted in moving the furniture to disorient him ever since he had come home from the hospital after being blinded in the accident.  She  told him a few days before the accident that she would be leaving him as soon as she could find an apartment. He told her to go ahead and leave but she said it would make her look bad to their friends and family to leave a blind man.  She was trapped now and moving the furniture every few days was her way of getting back at him. 

[bacali]

His fingers closed around the gun, and he took a step forward into the darkness.
No one would even suspect that he had been at her house, because he was last seen going up the long road to his farmhouse which was quite aways away.
He was trembling. He felt in shock. 
This was not what he wanted to happen when he came by to talk about... how he had inoperable brain cancer.
He wanted compassion and thought he'd have it because they had such a wonderful divorce. They had remained such wonderful friends. Everyone remarked about them...but...
... when he told her , his life felt like it drained from his body.
She laughed and she felt....nothing. She said...that she was over him and had met another man.
Well, if he were going to die...so was she...and his passions took hold and ...... he found his hands wrapped about ...the gun in his holster.
Now, he found himself standing over his only love with his hands wrapped around a gun.... as he took steps forward into the darkness.                       

[Outlast]

His fingers closed around the screwdriver and he took a step forward into the darkness. The gravity well plummeted below his feet; looks like the antigravs won't be able to handle a return trip. The dark side of the moon lived up to its name, but Keith didn't have time to worry about tripping in the darkness. He switched on his helmet light and bounded lightly in the low gravity. He only had 10 minutes left to save the world...

[trouble405]

His fingers closed around the door knob as he took a step forward into the darkness. He had been intending to get the electricity upgraded but just had not taken the time.  Fumbling down the stairs to the fuse box, he moved slowly.  The last thing he wanted was to make a misstep and fall.  He was going to call the electrician tomorrow he told himself!  Counting the steps he knew he was getting close to the bottom when he heard it.  The shuffling sounds of someone moving around!  "Who is there" he shouted.  A chill went down his spine.  The reality that someone had cut the power lines was becoming evident.  Two more steps and he would be near the flashlight.  One more step . . .

[Merry Prankster]

His fingers closed around the bagel and he stepped into the darkness.  Where was that &*(%^$#*! toaster?  He stubbed his toe on the island in the kitchen and hopped his way towards where he thought the refrigerator was.  Then he tripped over his daughter’s Hot Wheels and smacked the tile floor, face first.  He thought he might have broken his nose but by now he was more determined than ever to have his toasted bagel.  He crawled around the kitchen until he found the lower cupboard with the paper towels and stuffed one up each nostril.  Luckily, he found the emergency flashlight, turned it on and managed to toast his bagel and coat it with cream cheese.  Just as he was about to take his first bite of heaven the kitchen lights came on.  “Honey,” she said as she walked across the kitchen and snatched the bagel from his mouth, “you know you’re on a gluten-free diet.”

[ponytail]

This weeks winner is.....Merry Prankster! Congrats MP! I am a big fan of bagels and cream cheese (especially the strawberry whipped kind).........so not only did I laugh, I drooled a little, too.

 Please start us off with a new sentence.

[bacali]

  Great job, MP !!

[Merry Prankster]

Thank you.  The Prankster also likes the Outlast variation.  This week's starter sentence is:

She found [a][the]___________ at the bottom of her bottomless shoulder bag and stared at it in disbelief.

[Snowbird]

She found a pistol at the bottom of her bottomless shoulder bag and stared at it in disbelief.  She was about as afraid of guns as she was of him.  She pulled it out with a trembling hand and looked at him.  He would never frightened her again as she was determined to defend herself.  Never would she be intimidated by him again she thought as she looked into his beady eyes and fired a shot right into the head of the little gray mouse.

[Outlast]

She found a magic wand at the bottom of her bottomless shoulder bag and stared at it in disbelief. This hadn't been there yesterday. Or had it? It was a rather large bag after all and she had become rather forgetful of late. But why was it there? Drat! She knew there was something she had to do. Some spell she needed to cast with her best wand... if only she could remember what it was. What she needed was a memory potion, but such things were hard to come by. Perhaps she should write to her sister in Suffolk and ask if she had any left. So she did, but as she slipped her letter into the mailbox she saw that a package had already arrived from her sister and inside was a memory potion! Now if she could only find a magic wand around here somewhere...

[ponytail]

She found a tooth pick at the bottom of her bottomless shoulder bag and stared at it in disbelief. On further inspection, she also found a pile of wood shavings, some with blue paint on them. So much for that nice monogrammed pen her son had sent her from Muir Woods. Nothing in this house was sacred anymore...her oak coffee table--gone. The legs on her living room furniture--nothing but sawdust. She thought she had gotten rid of everything, but leave it to Spanky to find the one thing she had left in the house that was made of wood. Dang that pet beaver....

[trouble405]

She found the little round compact container at the bottom of her bottomless shoulder bag and stared at it in disbelief. This could not be right!  She took those pills religiously every morning! How could she have missed one!  Now she had to face the possibility that one night of frivolity and wanton sex could mean 20 years of responsibility.  How would she explain this to her family? She would stop by the pharmacy on her way home from work and buy a home test. The tears began to well up in her eyes. This was not what she had planned for her future.

[Merry Prankster]

Wow!  You guys have made this a really tough choice.  The Prankster needs to think, always a difficult endeavor for him.  He will announce his selection this evening, right after watching his Redskins get skunked once again.

Congratulations trouble405!  Please provide the starter sentence for this week's contest.

[Merry Prankster]

trouble405 is the winner.  Congratulations!  Please provide the starter sentence for this week's contest.