This week’s prompt is to write a story told through a camera. Today’s tale comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. It’s inspired by the newly-updated camera descriptions on various security camera platforms. Have we gone too far? That is a story for another time.

 

Camera Notifications

By Val Muller

 

Driveway Cam 1 April 9 – 7:47 a.m.

Two people and a child are walking with a white dog.

 

Driveway Cam 1 May 2 – 5:45 p.m.

A child is playing with a ball and a child is running with a white dog.

 

Driveway Cam 1 June 24 – 6:40 p.m.

A person is shouting to two children

 

Driveway Cam 2 June 24 – 6:40 p.m.

Two children are running towards the house.

 

Driveway Cam 2 June 24 – 6:46 p.m.

A white dog is limping towards the house.

 

Driveway Cam 1 June 25 – 8:35 a.m.

A person is carrying a dog to a car.

 

Driveway Cam 2 June 25 – 8:36 a.m.

A black car is backing down the driveway.

 

Driveway Cam 2 June 26 – 9:15 a.m.

A person and two children are pulling a wagon carrying a white dog in a leg cast.

 

Driveway Cam 1 July 4 – 7:45 p.m.

Two people and two children are sitting on a picnic blanket with a dog on a leash.

 

Driveway Cam 2 – July 4 – 9:30

Fireworks are exploding in the sky.

 

Front entryway indoor cam July 4 – 9:47 p.m.

A white dog in a cast is trembling by the front door.

 

 

 

Driveway Cam 1 April 2 – 6:45 a.m.

Two people and two children are packing suitcases into a car.

 

Driveway Cam 1 April 2 – 7:15 a.m.

Two children are walking a white dog on a leash.

 

Driveway Cam 1 April 2 – 7:25 a.m.

Two children are embracing a white dog on the lawn.

 

Driveway Cam 1 April 2 – 7:32 a.m.

A car packed with bags on the roof is backing down the driveway.

 

Driveway Cam 2 April 2 – 7:32 a.m.

Two children are waving out a car window.

 

Front entryway indoor cam – 2 April – 7:41 a.m.

A white dog is waiting by the front door.

 

Front entryway indoor cam – 2 April 12:25 p.m.

A person is letting a dog out the door.

 

Front entryway indoor cam – 2 April 4:52 p.m.

A white dog is waiting by the front door.

 

Front entryway indoor cam – 4 April 3:25 p.m.

A white dog is waiting by the front door.

 

Driveway Cam 2 April 8 – 5:58 p.m.

A car packed with bags on the roof is pulling into the driveway.

 

Front entryway indoor cam April 8 – 5:59 p.m.

A white dog is jumping up and down at the front door.

 

Driveway Cam 1 April 8 – 6:32 p.m.

Two people are unpacking a car.

 

Driveway Cam 2 April 8 – 6:33 p.m.

Two children are frolicking with a white dog.

 

 

Driveway Cam 2 July 4 – 9:25 p.m.

Fireworks are exploding in the sky

 

Front entryway indoor cam July 4 – 9:43 p.m.

A dog is trembling by the front door.

 

Front entryway indoor cam July 4 – 9:52

Two children are exiting the door.

 

Driveway Cam 1 July 4 – 9:52

Sparklers are igniting in the street

 

Driveway Cam 2 July 4 – 9:53

A dog is sprinting erratically

 

 

 

Driveway Cam 1 July 5 – 12:02 a.m.

Two people with flashlights are searching.

 

Front entryway indoor cam July 5 – 12:42 a.m.

Two children are sitting against the front door, crying.

 

 

Driveway Cam 2 July 5 – 4:23 a.m.

A person with a flashlight is carrying a dog.

 

Driveway Cam 1 July 5 – 4:24 a.m.

Two children are approaching a person carrying a dog.

 

Driveway Cam 1 July 5– 4:25 a.m.

A person is putting a leash on a dog.

 

Driveway Cam 1 July 5– 4:26 a.m.

Two children and a dog are frolicking in the driveway.

 

 

Driveway Cam 2 July 7 – 6:30 a.m.

A person is carrying a box of fireworks to a trash can at the end of the driveway.

 

 

 

The Spot Writers—Our Members:

Val Muller: http://www.valmuller.com/blog/

Catherine A. MacKenzie: https://writingwicket.wordpress.com/wicker-chitter/

Phil Yeats: https://alankemisterauthor.wordpress.com

Chiara De Giorgi: https://chiaradegiorgi.blogspot.ca/