The relentless sun baked the adobe house. It was cooler inside, and no one even noticed the box that had been delivered. Carriers no longer rang the doorbell or asked for a signature. “Drop and go” was their COVID policy.
As the hottest time of the day neared, the box began to move. It bulged, rocking and scooting against the locked gate. A persistent low buzz could have been heard if anyone had been there to hear it.
Finally, a corner tore open. Wider, wider still, until a reptilian head pushed through. No one saw it slither through the bars.
Just Writing! 
Ut-oh. Methinks they will soon know there’s been a delivery.
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Agreed. I can’t believe I wrote this one. I HATE snakes, to the level of phobia. Weird.
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I think it adds to the fear factor when a writer writes something about what truly scares them.
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Haha I expected Z & Z to pop out of the box.
Creepy tale. Right up there with an alligator at the front door (true story I read in the news recently).
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I thought about Z&Z, but just couldn’t make them sit out there baking in a box :). Thanks, Tannille.
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Good point.
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Zing or Zang has a new morphology and a more sinister intent
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Yeah, I need to go back and repair that. I didn’t intend to do that, it just kind of leaked out of my fingers 🙂
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A delivery that nightmares are made of!
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Dear Linda,
For a minute I thought Zing and Zang were going to pop out. This was quite a sinister tale. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rod Serling would have liked this premise a lot!
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I wonder who would send this kind of present and what comes next.
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Me too 🙂
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Poor creature locked up for so long. Hope he’s okay 🙂
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I guess it got bored and decided to deliver itself 🙂
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Poor critter was probably cooking and now will be looking for a nice cool place to curl up, like inside the house….
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I never thought I’d find myself feeling sorry for a snake! Excellent Linda
Here’s mine!
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I still don’t feel sorry for the snake 🙂
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As if the corona wasn’t enough, now this. Humanity is indeed in a great danger 🙂
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That’s good, dinner has arrived!
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That’s pretty horrible – strange what nightmares Covid throws up, itsn’t it?
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Egads! I have shivers just thinking about this. Well done!
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Thanks, Dale. I shocked myself on this one–hate snakes with a purple passion. Can’t believe this came out of my fingers 🙂
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I know! Way to go!
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Creepy. I first thought it was some sort of machine that got swollen in the sun and was about to blast.
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Good story.
I’m wincing here because the other option is to open the box inside the house.
We have many snakes where I live. I’ve learned that they will leave me alone if I do not upset them, like stepping on them, for example.
The photo could easily be Arizona, home of the Diamondbacks. 🙂
Nice one, Linda.
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I am beyond thankful to live in an area where I’ve NEVER seen a snake. I hate them. They’re horrible and evil. I can’t believe I wrote a story about one!
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🙂
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Was it ordered by the recipient or for the recipient. There’s where the story hangs in the balance. good one.
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Thanks, Sandra. Sometimes that 100-word limit is quite useful :).
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So much is left out. Considering it’s set during our current problem, that means there could be even a few extra twists too
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There certainly could. Sometimes that 100-word limit really opens up the imagination for the readers 🙂
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You could use it as an incentive for a sequel
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That last line gave me chills. I have an irrational fear of snakes. Their movements are just so creepy.
Here they had a drop and go policy long before COVID. There have been many packages I would not have known were delivered had my phone not told me. That’s one package I’d prefer to missssssssss.
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I’m still amazed that the story came from my brain to my fingers. I have a totally irrational fear of all things snaky. Ugly, evil, and sinister. I would live in daily terror in any area where snakes are abundant. I know we have them here, but they don’t come out into the open.
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Ooooooo that’s a delivery that won’t stay quiet for long!
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