| Horror and Thriller Flash Fiction posted May 3, 2024 |
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Apocalyptic Drabble (100 words)
The Price of Water
by Mark Jackson
The noise of a group outside drew my attention. I looked through the slit in my boarded-up window to see one of the group stepping over the body of the previous visitor. Not killed by me but he could not know that. I rushed to my cupboard reaching past the bottled water, currently earth's most valuable commodity, and picked up the copper pipes affixed longways and sprayed black.
Returning to the window, I slid my makeshift weapon through the slit and shouted a warning. This did the trick, but I suspect they’ll be back tonight, better organised and in greater numbers.
Journal Drabble writing prompt entry
The noise of a group outside drew my attention. I looked through the slit in my boarded-up window to see one of the group stepping over the body of the previous visitor. Not killed by me but he could not know that. I rushed to my cupboard reaching past the bottled water, currently earth's most valuable commodity, and picked up the copper pipes affixed longways and sprayed black.
Returning to the window, I slid my makeshift weapon through the slit and shouted a warning. This did the trick, but I suspect they’ll be back tonight, better organised and in greater numbers.
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Writing Prompt You keep a journal regularly. Something devastating or apocalyptic happens. You are no more. At some point in the future, your journal is discovered. What does the final entry say? Anything goes for 100 words. |
A human can live for weeks without food, but only days without water. Bottled water becomes the key to survival if a water supply is cut off or becomes poisoned.
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