LET THERE BE LIGHT
Light was the first thing to be lost when “The Wave” rolled through. Electricity stopped flowing, technology disappeared and we reverted to the lives our ancestors had endured, hundreds of years ago.
No-one knew what had caused it, but it was the end of civilization as we knew it. The superstitious called it ‘Magic.’ The religious claimed that it was the wrath of God. Who knew what scientists called it? All media, including the internet, had winked out of existence!
The Third World countries scarcely noticed it, and Survivalists suddenly had more friends and followers than any Kardashian ever had.
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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Now this is an interesting topic, and one that could actually happen. It could be triggered by what’s called a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the sun. The Stuff You Should Know site says a CME actually hit Earth in 1859, and it could again. In part, it says this:
Fix the utility grid? Ha. Like that’s going to happen. The world has other priorities, as in the break-up of Brad and Angelina. 😦
Here’s the link to the full article.
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I am aware of the CME possibility, but wasn’t really thinking of it when I got inspiration for this little tale.
Can Brangelina be cute, even in a catastrophe? It’s scary to think how many
sheeppeople could muddle through the end of the world, but still demand divorce updates via carrier pigeon. 😯LikeLike
This is kind of science-fiction-y. Nice work!
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Thank you for the lovely words, kind sir. As a reward, I have finally emerged from hibernation and am moving forward on ‘Domestic,’ before I had to go back and re-read from the beginning to remember. Currently at line 6000, and (hopefully) proceeding steadily. 😳
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Yay!
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Interesting.
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Thanx for stopping by to read and comment. You are
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Sure dear. I love to read stories.
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Oh good! Yin and yang. I love to tell stories – some of them even true. 😉
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Interesting. I would love to read.
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I think this was a TV show….
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It was also a series of books that I stole the premise from. 😳
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Dear Archon,
I shudder with cold chills.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oops, sorry about that. You’d need to hire a scribe to get your next book published. 😦
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At the end of your dark tale you made me smile with the line about the Kardashians. Nicely done.
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Then my mission here is a success. 😆
Y’all come back soon, y’hear?
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I wonder if this is the way it will go? Nice piece.
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Thank you. I hope it doesn’t, but Jim Wheeler’s article above says it might. 😯
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This piece felt journalistic and begs the question, are we becoming too dependent on one way of living.
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Perhaps we are, and, like Climate Change, corporations don’t want to spend money on social insurance, and reduce their profits. They are betting that nothing bad will happen. 😦
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A timely piece, Archon.
Having just experienced the lack of electricity from Hurricane Matthew who decided to pay Florida a list, I can relate to this story. Nicely done ..
Isadora 😎
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My apologies and regrets, on behalf of Mother Nature. My daughter has provided us with two wind-up lanterns and a wind-up radio. We haven’t had a hurricane that bad, this far north since Hurricane Hazel in 1954. 😯
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We’ve been spared hurricanes for a great many years now. Mother Nature was just having a temper tantrum because of all of our disrespect to her. Have a GREAT week ..!!!
Isadora 😎
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Our dependence on technology is a big worry. Nicely portrayed in your story. I particularly liked your ending – Kardashians and the plight of third world countries in the same sentence!
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Especially in the developed World, so many things are inter-connected, and dependent on each other. The East Coast blackout of a few years ago is already a good example. I’m happy that you noticed and liked my little spider web. 🙂
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That last line did it for me – great story, and a warning?
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You just can’t go wrong by poking fun at the Kardashians. 😆
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