Bill said that he’d be “back with the zip file”, but that was last Saturday. Timothy searched online, but Bill disappeared from there as well. All Bill’s posts vanished. Even records of the events they attended together vanished.
By the time Timothy figured out what was going on it must have been too late.
The only thing that remained was the word “sorry” gouged with large, rough letters into the plaster of his apartment wall that the maintenance staff seemed anxious to cover up as we entered the room pretending to look for a place to rent.
Denise offers the word “zip” for this week’s Six Sentence Story.
If the story doesn’t make sense, think dystopian future (or present). If that doesn’t help, be grateful that it was short.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Dystopian or just unseen, as in unrecognizable? You are soooo good!! Wish I had 1% of the know-how!
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Thank you, Mary! I wish I knew how to resolve this story.
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Very creative use of the word zip. Can’t even imagine what Timothy’s experience is like!
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I can’t either, but now that it has been set up maybe I’ll be able t think of something. Thank you, Pragalbha!
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This story stimulates my imagination!
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I’m glad. I wonder what happened myself. Thank you, Romi!
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Very good, Frank. You certainly took down an unexpected path. Congratulations on an outstanding response to challenge.
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Thank you, Oneta! I am not sure what I was trying to say with this.
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That’s funny. I guess our minds took your beginning and ran with it. 😀 I thought it was someone like undercover police or detectives looking for him because of the importance of the info in the zip file.
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Yes, that’s how it ended up, but I don’t know how it got there with what I started with a few days ago when I first read the prompt.
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A lost friend and a lost zip file out the door forever! Great use of the cue.
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Thank you, Pat!
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Talk about identity theft!
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It is a kind of identity theft to suddenly vanish. Thank you, Liz!
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Good story, Frank–first, I thought it was about the Rapture…then, maybe it was a suicide…
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I started this on Sunday and kept revising it up to yesterday. I don’t think I had a clear idea what it was about. Thank you, Jael!
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You’re most welcome 🙂
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I too wondered if it was a ‘suicide note’ left on the wall because he couldn’t live with what Bill had done to his life. Excellent use of the cue word.
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I hadn’t thought of suicide but that would fit right in with the use of that word.
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Great take on the word, zip, and enjoyed your keen imagination.
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Thank you, Eugenia!
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My pleasure!
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super creative! super six.
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Thank you!
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I enjoyed the mystery of this.
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Thank you!
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Certainly intriguing! It held my interest. good six!
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Thank you, Arlene!
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Yow!*
Read your replies to some of the comments inferring that the story is unfolding in your mind…. ain’t that a wonderful/awful feeling? lol This situation is, for me, the closest we get to being live on stage… exhilaration comes to mind…
enjoyed, looking forward to the tale
*compliment on ‘gut-punch Six’ very effective
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Thank you, Clark! I hope more story appears.
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Oh, this is awesome!
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Thank you, Lisa!
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I’m thinking you’ve got the makings of an excellent short story, Frank! And what a cliff hanger ending. One more installment? I mean, you don’t want to leave us hanging do you? lol.
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There may be, but I think I am on that same cliff wondering what comes next. Thank you, Denise!
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Well, I’m hooked!
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Thank you, Mark!
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