Finish the story begins with: “The Mayor and the town manager waved as their next victim approached.”
The City of Sherman was famous for its hospitality. It was written about in every travel brochure I had read though I had never actually met anyone who had been there.
The mayor was the jolliest fellow and on first impression I thought of him as my pick for next year’s Santa Claus parade.
He and the manager were the friendliest of men. Until you got up close. There was something vacant in their eyes.
My blood ran cold when I looked into their eyes and felt their cold hands take mine.
They led me inside and I had the distinct impression I wasn’t going to go out the same way I came in.
I’m not sure what happened but my friends in the jars either side of me look as bewildered as me.
Written for: https://mondaysfinishthestory.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/mondays-finish-the-story-june-29th-2015/
Morpethroad 
Why didn’t you hear your instincts and ran? Friends in jars, creepy! Well written
Thank you Huma. Sometimes reality arrives that bit late to act on.
I agree;)
Oh no, another spooky one!
Oh yeah, sorry Dell…….hmmmm….maybe I should put a Dell alert on such writings???
No, no–no need for special accommodations, Michael!
LOL…..just kidding……
Very creepy, friends in jars, and still alive, but in what condition? Reminds me of The Man With Two Brains. Well done!
Thank you so much Yolanda, appreciate you reading.
Were you at least able to move around in your jar? 😀 Funny and creepy Michael! For a second I flashed on Young Frankenstein with the brains in the jars and Marty Feldman…. Thanks again for another excellent addition to the challenge and be well my friend… ^..^
Thanks Barb, I think you could do whatever you liked in the jar, but that makes it creepier doesn’t it?
That was very creepy! Big jars! 😀
Yikes!
DJ
Thank you DJ, I think!!
Yikes is right.
Thank you yes I think there is a lot of yikes in this story.
Yikes! I see there are other replies using yikes…. I can’t think of another way to describe this. Creepy… unnerving… scary… yeah… yikes it is!!! Good job….
That mayor was no Santa Clause, and now I’m glad I never believed in Santa or I’d surely have gone along. Of course being jar mates may not have been so bad. btw- I think you get the Yikes! award 😀
Yes it would appear so. I wonder if such an award would be silver or gold?.
For you? Gold. ☺️
A gold YIKES….hmmm….I could clear a spot on my mantelpiece for it…
OMGosh! They’re canning people! That is really creepy and horrific!
Well you maybe have to speculate which bits they are bottling Joy…..sinister lot aren’t they…..thanks for stopping by….
Yes they are. Great story!
Oh my!
The handshake should have been a hint to run the other way – fast!
I think so too plus the gaps between the teeth.
Ha!
Really creepy, Michael.
Even scarier is what they might be awaiting I’d rather not know. 
Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
Yes I agree it’s what we don’t know that is the scary bit.thanks for stopping by.