Here is my latest entry into the weekly challenge brought to us by the lovely Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
Here are the rules: Use the photo as inspiration, write a hundred(ish) words – and share! Here goes my offering for this week – and I welcome your comments again!
Copyright – Douglas M. MacIlroy
– Blowout –
You’ll damage your eyesight, watching TV in the dark.
That’s what Mum used to say. She would turn the living room light on and destroy my fantasy hideaway.
Mum’s gone now, they all are. I am forced to make a choice. Should I use what little power I have managed to conserve on light, or on connecting with the outside world?
Candles it is.
I shiver, pulling my blanket close, cold fingers rasping against the harsh fibres. The gales are nearing hurricane force again tonight, the wind turbines have been shut down for weeks.
So much for a cozy hideaway.
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Dear Freya,
This is how the world will end, not with a bang, but with a downed wind turbine. A very well done piece.
Aloha,
Doug
Thank you, Doug, much appreciated.
Dear Freya,
A well painted yet bleak picture. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
You know I walk on the dark side (writing-wise), don’t you. Thank you!
Very well imagined and narrated.
Thank you!
Thank You for Being a Blessing in my Life. I Appreciate YOU 🙂
The coming of the Climate Change-related avalanche of crises. I love that she uses what little power she has for the supremely civilized act of … READING! It’s what I would do, at any rate.
Very creative story, indeed!
Absolutely. Thank you, Dreamer!
Loved the story and your use of language. Great response to the prompt!
Thank you!
The choice between seeking physical comfort and connecting with the outside world? Hmmm… tough choice.
Indeed it is…
Good to be alive, but what a terrible predicament your protagonist is in. Seems like there’s no hope. Awfully readable.
Thank you, Patrick. I do like to put my creations in tough places….
A scary look at what the future could hold. I love the irony of the wind turbines that are shut down in the hurricane. We have a lot of wind turbines round here that can’t cope with the wind. In the last year a few have blown over and one had a huge blade break off in a storm.
Yes, I did read that turbines do suffer when there is too much wind. Awful to have one break down like that – scary!
Very atmospheric. I can feel her shivering and her isolation. Brilliantly written.
Thank you so much!
Dear Freya, Good story – dark but good! I would choose to use the net also and save the candles for when my computer wasn’t working. I think she is lonely, but enjoys her ritual with the computer. Nan 🙂
Thank you, Nan. I think you might be right about her 🙂
Freya, Good, well-written story. It’s hard to be alone in threatening weather with little electricity. We depend on it so much. You made us feel her lonliness. Well done. 🙂 —Susan
Thank you so much, Susan.
Delightful take on the prompt. Bet she’s glad she has those slippers! Alicia
I think she probably is! Thank you 🙂
A sad end to the world.. prioritizing what little that is left… hope I never see the day.
Me too, Bjorn, me too.
I’ll posit that she made the right decision. Well-written, Freya. I enjoyed your piece.
All my best,
Marie Gail
Thank you, Marie. I do too 🙂