Welcome to The Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014! This year, I’m offering up a story – each one 100 words or fewer - for each letter of the alphabet.
Some are heartfelt, poignant, sweet. Others are…not.
I hope you enjoy them.
*****
THE END OF TIMES
THE END OF TIMES
The boy on the bicycle tears down the old road toward my
house. He slams to a stop, face sheened with sweat, panic. He heaves out his
words. “Please. Help.”
I’m old, not stupid. People call me loner, paranoid, hermit.
This could be a trick.
He waves a wad of bills. “Dad said you have supplies, guns.
He made me climb out the window….”
Screams scratch the sky, rake down our spines.
The boy weeps, drops the money. The bills flutter away in
the wind.
Guttural moans bleed into the air, staining the world that
is now behind us.
*****
This sent chills down my spine and I am not sure if they was good chills or bad ones
ReplyDeleteVery ominous and interesting.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very emotive moment - makes me want to know what happens next,
ReplyDeleteSophie
Sophie's Thoughts & Fumbles - A to Z Ghosts
Fantasy Boys XXX - A to Z Drabblerotic
Glenda - I really hope they were the good kind. :)
ReplyDeleteSusan - I'll take that as a compliment. :)
Sophie - maybe I'll continue the story one of these days.... :)
ReplyDeleteHe didn't make it in time...
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sophie! This one should be longer.
ReplyDeletePrecious Monsters
Alex - he can only ride his bike so fast! :)
ReplyDeleteJolie - we'll see.... :)
Oh my. But what is coming?!? Don't leave us hanging!
ReplyDeleteCrystal - hmm, I don't know. Zombies? Aliens? Marauders of some sort?
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, this one is so disturbing. (In a good way!) I really want to read more.
ReplyDeleteDeliciously dark tale, Madeline.
ReplyDeleteJulie, Patricia - I'll take dark and disturbing as compliments. :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, is it zombies? Sounds like people are definitely in trouble. Exciting!
ReplyDeleteTasha
Tasha's Thinkings - AtoZ (Vampires)
FB3X - AtoZ (Erotic Drabbles)
That is scary but what a great job you did in bringing out emotions in your readers.
ReplyDeleteTasha - in my mind it's zombies but it really is open to interpretation. It can be whatever scares the reader the most. :)
ReplyDeleteDoreen - thank you!
Scary, I hope he helps him! Great story!
ReplyDeleteYup, just finished season 3 of Walking Dead...zombies were on my mind, too.
ReplyDeleteGreat flash fiction...mine is 10 x 10 style with a minimum of 100 words but a maximum of 10 sentences. Stop by sometime!
D.B. McNicol
A to Z: Romance & Mystery...writing my life
Kathy - I hope he does, too. :)
ReplyDeleteDonna - thanks! I'll definitely visit your blog soon - sounds interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteGripping. Maybe I'm getting too used to 1000 words. Great inspiration too.
ReplyDeleteJemima
#TeamDamyanti
Blogging from Alpha to Zulu in April
Jemima - thank so much!
ReplyDeleteLike so many others, I want a follow up to what's happening. :)
ReplyDeleteSuzi - maybe…. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job. Love end of the world stories, even short ones.
ReplyDelete~Patricia Lynne~
Story Dam
Patricia Lynne, YA Author
Patricia - I love those kinds of stories, too.
ReplyDeleteOooh, chilling... and keeps us hanging...
ReplyDeleteMy absolute favorite line: "Screams scratch the sky, rake down our spines."
ReplyDeleteOf course my mind immediately goes to one place: Zombie apocalypse.