Every Wednesday we get a new picture prompt for the Friday Fictioneers, a writing challenge graciously hosted by our Fairy Blog Mother Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
The task of the challenge is to write a story: beginning, middle, and end, in 100 words or less. You can find all the Fictioneers’ stories when you click on the little frog. Please read, comment, and if you like, join the fun. Everyone is welcome.
My People
My world is covered in snow, the blizzard was terrifying. Chaos never seems to stop these days.
Blizzards, floods, hurricanes, droughts, fires, famines, diseases–our world is like a blender, it whirls us around and spits us out thoroughly mashed up. Some people still called this normal.
The day we learned that the new hemorrhagic fever is transmittable by aerosols was the turning point. The anti-everythingers are eerily silent all of a sudden.
Fear of death does that to some people.
Others help and comfort each other and work tirelessly to make life better. These are my kind of people.
(100 words)
This goes as science fiction, but barely.
We’ve had severe flooding in Germany. Administrators were warned but didn’t believe the warnings and thus didn’t evacuate. People died. The haters take advantage and drive around yapping out their anti-everything propaganda while others work night and day to help. The world is a madhouse.
We do learn who we really depend on in a crisis like this. And it’s not the influencers
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That‘s very true. Thank you.
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I was thinking of you, hoping you were far from the floods…
My kind of people, too.
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Thanks Dale. No, we‘re not close to major river systems. Heavy rain, yes, but that’s nothing.
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Thank goodness. It is a scary sight we see from over here.
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Same goes from here when we see all the fires. We’re all in it.
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Yeah. The world is hurting.
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Poetic description of a frightening scenario.
And human nature exposed too.
That it takes fear of death to make some people finally realise what’s at stake.
I do believe though that there are more of the kind of people your story ends on.
There is hope.
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I hope so, too. Thank you for your kind words, Jenne.
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We’re not too far away from that right now I think 😮
We’ve seen both those types of people over the last year.
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Let’s hope we never encounter an ebola-like disease that’s transmitted through aerosols, we’d be toast. And sadly, these people are everywhere. Thank you!
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Fortunately the anti-everythingers are in a minority. Such a shame they shout so loud.
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Thank you! Yes, they are loud, but they also always seem to be the same people. The silent majority does all the work.
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Dear Gabi,
As someone commented on my story, we’re the frogs in the frying pan. It’s heating up and we don’t notice it. Frightening story. Stay safe, my friend.
Shalom,
Your Fairy Blog Mother, Rochelle
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That’s a very apt description of the situation we’re in. Thank you Rochelle.
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I really don’t understand how closed to science those people can be.
So sad for the flooded areas of Europe. We in the UK only just missed those storms.
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Thank you! Yes, I don’t understand it either.
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we sow what we reap. when are we going to learn. before it’s too late?
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I don’t know, we still don’t seem to have reached that point. Thank you.
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I think we are caught in a downward vortex of planetary destruction 😦
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I sincerely hope that the planet will survive, and life on earth as well. How humans fare… that remains to be seen.
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I do hope things improve for the benefit of our grandchildren and future humans to come. This story brings things into focus. Perhaps, we should start seeing.
Good one, GHL. Have a good weekend …
Isadora 😎
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Everyone always focuses on the loudest. The ones who help and work don’t have time for that, we really should focus on them, but they don’t make great scandals, most often are not interested in ‘image’…
Thank you Isadora, and a good weekend to you, too. 🙂
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And yet fear of death doesn’t seem to stop the loonies putting others at risk.
Those floods looked terrible! I’m glad you are safe.
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They are totally brainwashed. Thank you! 🙂
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That sounds terrible. Thanks for bringing some positivity to the world. We definitely need more of that.
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We do, don’t we? thank you!
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So very apt, and succinctly put. I too am hoping that there are more of the compassionate, caring, helping folk than seem to fill the echo chambers of social media. Well done. Take care.
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Thank you for your kind words Sandra. All the best to you, too.
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