Illusion of Clarissa

Description

Clarissa Kendall is trapped at a fictional house in a town, not in reality world. Her state is conscious, she is not dreaming. She don't know how she reached here, in what mode of transportation ? Before the incident, she and her family went for a vacation at Narragansett Town Beach in Rhode Island. They walked along the beach until late evening. But now, she is all alone. She tries to exit from the house by using the front door, but there is something calling her, loud and clear ! When she turns around, she met a new family. They are human, consisting of five people. But they have a very weird characteristics. They are wearing garments from the Civil Rights Era in 1963. "Why am I here ? Could you please help me ?" she pleaded gently. "Take it easy, young lady. We're not gonna hurt you.", one of the family members tries to calm the situation. "What about a cup of tea or tortillas ?", the mother said finally. "Yeah, thanks.", she don't want to argue to know the fact that she is somewhat refugee !

When she looks at the window panel, there is a scenery of wild forests. She afraid that she might be harmed by jaguars or pumas. But, as long as she stayed at the home, she thought she will be fine. The family seems very nice to her, offering their hospitality for a "refugee" like her. "You seems very tired. A lot of rest needed.", the father advised her when they have a meal together at the dining table. "I think so... Mr... ?", she mumbled unexpectedly. "Just call me, Mr. Harrisson. Richard Harrison", he smiled gently. She nodded while looking at the walls of the hall. There is a lot of ripped pictures of public figures in the 1770s, including George Washington, Samuel Adams, and Benedict Arnold. It's quite irrelevant to live in 1963 by displaying public figures of 193 years ago. Maybe these figures have family connections with them, or well-regarded as American nationalist.

Foreword

First of all, I want to express my special thanks to my close friend, Ain Nadwah for introducing me to this website. Before this, I never write short stories or full-length stories because I'm so attached on writing articles, factual and critical essays. I want to dare myself on new writing formats and building fictional characters. I find a little bit of difficulties on building storylines because my ideas are scattered everywhere. Many films have been my reference to build a dramatic structure - exposition, rising action, , falling action, and resolution. I can't state the title of films specifically here, the list is too long to be listed.

Personally, I accept all types of genre, namely action, thriller, romantic comedy, melodrama, period drama, sci-fi, and mystery. My biggest influence for sci-fi and mystery is "The Twilight Zone", a 1960s American television series. I will build plot twists based on few episodes of The Twilight Zone. My story might not be as great as you think, but I shall say that this can be a benchmark to measure my abilities on writing a full-length stories. I wish the readers will learn something from my story. My major aims of writing is to transfer my intellectualities to the lucky readers. Lets discover another dimension of world !

 

 

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