She stood at the side of the darkening country road with her hands behind her back; effectively recreating the stance of the blonde actress in the Hitchcock film. She had become fixated by the character and had perfected her dialogue, her accent, her wig and attire, to the finest detail. She stared at the horizon and yearned for a car to flash its blinding headlights into her eyes. She longed to wave it down, to take position in the passenger seat, and to ask the driver for a light so that she could blow circles of smoke through her red-perfumed lips, to illustrate her elegance. And she hoped that during the nights journey, that she would make the drivers eyes weary with her oddly behaviour, and that he’d be kind enough to drive her to Bates Motel.
©2013.alittlebirdtweets
This story has been critiqued by Eric Keys;
https://erickeys.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/a-response-to-the-doppelganger/
a little bird tweets 
Creepy and awesome.
Thanks for the lovely feedback 🙂
What hopes, what dreams, what a nightmare in the making!
Thanks for your kind feedback Eric 🙂
Excellent,as always xx
Thanks pappa bear! x
Love the Hitchcock reference. you tell just enough without giving anything away. Well done, Dave.
Hi Dave. Thanks for your kind and useful feedback on my story, and for reading it 🙂 Sometimes it’s difficult to know whether to elaborate on a story, or just leave it to the readers imagination.
this one gives just the right amount of info.
Thanks 🙂
Very Lovely
Thanks 🙂
you are welcome
I love your stuff, particularly the mood that surrounds these brief flashes and scenarios.
Thanks so much 🙂
This is my first taste of your work, following you here from following me (thank you so much, darling — I hope I can entertain you), and I was certainly glad I did. I adore Hitchcock, Edgar Allen Poe, and all the dark and creepy things that go bump in the night. I look forward to taking the time to discover all you have to offer.
Thanks so much Helena, for visiting my blog, and for following me too, it’s much appreciated. I also love Hitchcock! I have a box set of his films which I adore – his movies have a unique quality to them. I did write a story inspired by Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ a while back, it’s called ‘Doppelganger’. I must say your blog is very inspiring and I shall definitely be visiting again. Donna
Yes, that’s the one I read, darling! Your Janet Leigh lookalike.
Thanks for reading, Helena! This photo is by Cindy Sherman – love her work too.
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Thanks so much for your wonderful critique of my story Eric; it’s truly appreciated and valued. I love your writing and will definitely be checking back soon, being a fellow horror-writer lover an all. Best Wishes.
I liked this a lot. I posted some thoughts about it in a post on my site :
https://erickeys.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/a-response-to-the-doppelganger/
Take a look if you’d like.
Thanks so much for your wonderful critique of my story Eric; it’s truly appreciated and valued. I love your writing and will definitely be checking back soon, being a fellow horror-writer lover an all. Best Wishes.
No problem! I feel like our work is different in some important ways – you tend toward the psychological but I lean in a supernatural direction – but we both have some similarities in technique – eg, leaving the work to the reader’s imagination. I think I will learn a lot by reading your work.
Ditto 🙂
I enjoyed this one. I’d say that it would be an interesting one to ‘expand’ on, as you mentioned in your previous blog BUT that may actually spoil the entire thing. Then again, it might work out just fine. 🙂
Thanks for your comments Christina 🙂
Very subtle, very impressive
Thank you so much for your positive words. I hope you are having a lovely weekend. I will catch up with your blog shortly.