My Storytelling Mind

This is the seventh post in a series leading up to the premiere of Netflix's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' on January 13, 2017. The series will cover each of the 13 books and 'Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography.' Be warned: there are spoilers ahead. In a take on the well-known saying, "It takes a village," the Baudelaires are to be cared for by the village of VFD, provided they do several daily chores and do not break any of the multitude of rules. The siblings, with the help of handyman Hector, begin discovering a series of couplets, clues that could lead them to the Quagmires. When a captured man named Jacques Snicket is declared to be Count Olaf, sentenced to death by fire at the stake, and then found dead in his cell, the entire village proves itself to be just as frustrating and inept as the rest of the adults in the series. Utilizing mob psychology and the last in a series of bad disguises, Count Olaf manages to execute a Sn...

There was no sign of him at the old Morgan House, and there had been no sign of him at the abandoned railway station where they played as children. She had convinced herself that they had just missed each other each time, despite having slept in each lonely building for a night. Just one more time, but one more might be one too many. She hesitated in front of the boarded-up theater, hand clutching the key in the lock. Was it worth going in only to be alone again? Find this blurb on Pinterest ! Photo: Prompt from Mandy Wallace.

He simply stood upon the tallest rock he could find, his eyes straining into the water as bits and pieces of debris appeared. A water bottle here, a cap there, a life-jacket with no owner but the all too familiar blue logo. Find this blurb on Pinterest !

The rose petals that had been placed strategically between the layers of her dress blew away as she twirled. When the final petal hit the floor, the world fell silent, and the spell was set. Find this blurb on Pinterest !

It seemed that no matter how many times he crossed the bridge and continued through the catacombs, he would come out again on the other side of the bridge, left only with the option of crossing it once again. Find this blurb on Pinterest !

"Sorry. What were you saying?" Find this blurb on Pinterest !

He approached her slowly from behind, watching her gazing out among the trees, sitting on that godforsaken, moss-covered rock, the same one she always sat on when he found her on her early morning walks. She hadn't even the decency to put on a robe over her nightgown. Find this blurb on Pinterest !