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She awoke with a haze swimming in her head and staggered out the door, then stopped. Walls of metal and floors of smoothed concrete met her gaze, illumined by unexceptional fluorescent lights lending the corridor a cold, antiseptic ambience and not a single sound whispered in the sterile promontory.
Where was she?
Her head spun as her thoughts reached backwards, grasping for the last thing she remembered, but emptiness pervaded her mind. Blackness as empty as the corridor in which she stood.
Nothingness leached down on her like icy rain. She felt numb.
Dead.
Remembrance Struck. This was her afterlife.
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Genre: Fiction
Word Count: 100
Every Wednesday we get a new picture prompt for the Friday Fictioneers, a writing challenge to spin a tale of exactly 100 words, graciously hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This is my contribution.
Also, as part of #WritingforWriters Wednesdays. Interested in taking part of this challenge…visit Rochelles blog for info 🙂 Or click the link below:
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~Morgan~
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PHOTO PROMPT © Amy Reese
I hope it’s not mine 😬
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This image was rather uninspiring…which is what I was going for with the story. Her afterlife is as her life was. Not sure it came across. I think I could have used about 20 more words lol 🙂
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You did good. It came over well.
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Thank You 🙂 Coming from the Master, it means a lot 🙂
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Mehhh!
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I was waiting for you to coin the Grasshopper phrase 😉
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😄😎
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Oh wow! Interesting depiction of the afterlife. I hope mine is a little more cheery though LOL
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I agree, and I do as well. I have quite a different picture in my mind. 😉 thanks for reading and visiting!
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Oh no, what a horrific idea of the afterlife! Definitely a good reason to stay alive as long as possible. 😉
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It certainly would be not what one expects….
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This does make the afterlife seem bleak. Nicely done.
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I imagine for some, it is. Thanks Alicia 🙂
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Great description in this. An interesting view on life after death. Nicely done.
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Thanks Clare. It wasn’t an easy prompt this time…nice challenge 😉 Glad you enjoyed it.
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Very cool!
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Glad you enjoyed it. This Flash Fiction thing is definitely a challenge. I was completely uninspired by this image….originally 😉
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Bummer. That’s not how Prince described the Afterworld at all.
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LOL Its only hers 😉 We can still Party like its 1999 😉
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I did not see that coming. What an interesting take on the prompt 🙂
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Thanks Jo 🙂 Im glad I was able to surprise, if even a little 🙂
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Nice revelation in the last line. Here’s hoping the actual afterlife is a bit more exciting 🙂
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Yes, I agree 🙂 Thanks so much for reading, Im glad you enjoyed it.
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Imagine that…what a sucky afterlife. Great story!
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LOL Thats what I thought too. I needed about 20 more words to really get my point across though…that as her life had been, so would her afterlife be. Still learning the knack of this 100-Word story thing 😉 But Im glad you enjoyed it all the same 🙂 Thanks ever so.
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That’s nicely unsettling Morgan.
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OOO I think I like unsettling 🙂 Thank You!
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A bland unhappy being I think. A unique take on the prompt. Please lets enjoy every minute of now cos you never know what comes next… see you got me thinking.😇
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Precisely 🙂 Im glad it inspired so much thought in everyone 🙂 YAY!
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Woohoo! Words that bring emotions and deep thinking. That’s what we want from our writing. 😇
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What an utter disappointment.. almost worse sitting on a cloud being harpy (or whatever that other image is)
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lol yes I entirely agree. I really wanted to express more with this one…needed about 20 more words to get my point across better, but I think its clear anyway that if you lead a Nothing life, your afterlife will probably be the same.
thanks for reading and your insights 🙂 Im always happy to read what you think.
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Ooooo oh no! I hate t think this is all there is? A great story, well told. Stark, cold and not much to see… I hope there is something behind one of the doors
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Im sure there is much more, yet I often think the afterlife is what we believe, so perhaps this afterlife of hers represents herself. who knows. I needed a few more words, methinks lol 🙂
thanks ever so much for reading 🙂
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That’s a grim afterlife! Heaven or Hell or somewhere in between? Great atmosphere and lovely descriptions
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I want to go where Freddy Mercury, Prince, David Bowie, Janis Joplin, and… and… and… went. The bleakness comes through very well, a scary thought of an afterlife. It reminds me of the description of the afterlife in Sumerian myths. That’s not a place I’d want to be either. Great story.
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Thank You Gah. Yes, the party afterlife would certainly beat this. 😉
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I liked this. It’s interesting to muse on the afterlife, will it be an extension of your life as it is, so if it’s empty will the afterlife be too. If you’ve inflicted pain on others will those pains be put back on you? Are you stuck doing whatever you were doing when you died? i.e. might you end up in a never ending game of scrabble? The possibilities are boundless.
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Exactly! Im so glad you connected with these few 100 words to read that in them. an endless game of scrabble? now that DOES make me shiver lol 🙂
Thanks ever so much!
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Reminds me of Zbigniew Herberts’ poem Report from Paradise:
As it is now every Saturday at noon
sirens sweetly bellow
and from the factories go the heavenly proletarians
awkwardly under their arms they carry their wings like violins
Great writing Morgan!
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Thank You Ever so much Neil 🙂 I am honored by your comparison and delighted you enjoyed these few words 🙂 Much Appreciation and Best wishes for Happiness to You ~
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Dear Morgan,
A very bleak afterlife. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I agree entirely
Thanks Rochelle 🙂
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Very sterile afterlife. My guess is that its either going to be too hot or too good!
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LOL that made me laugh 🙂 Or plain boooooooooooooooring!
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