It’s been a while.
This will be my last post of 2015. I hope everyone’s had a fabulous Christmas and gearing up for an even better New Year.
If you’d like to join in the latest Friday Fictioneers run by the lovely Rochelle, please find the latest photo prompt and rules here. Just write to 100 words then stop!
Add your link to the blue frog when you’re done.
Happy New Year everyone. See you in 2016!
Image courtesy of Jean L. Hays
A Day in the Life
Sunlight shines through the stained glass window. I study the list of names, tracing my finger over the first.
It disappears.
A form appears in the chair opposite me.
‘It’s a little disorientating at first,’ I say.
He spins round, scanning left and right. ‘Where am I?’ Panic stings his eyes.
‘I’d like to collect everyone personally, but with population numbers this is more…convenient.’ I smile, touching his head.
His mind fills with his final moments.
I hand him a note, two words – ‘Rebirth or Serve’, written on it.
‘Choose,’ I say.
He points and disappears.
I move onto the next name.
102 words
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Geez, that was brutal!
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Death’s job is never an easy one! Thanks for reading Dawn 🙂
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We get to choose! Intriguing.
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What would you choose?
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Holy moly! Talk about having to make a swift decision!
Happy New Year Cheryl!
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Happy New Year to you too Dale! Thanks for reading 🙂
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Life is always a choice…
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Absolutely!
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Some days….nothing goes right! Death’s job sounded pretty easy to me.
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He’s trying to take a more relaxed approach 🙂
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What an intriguing idea. I like how you’ve used dialogue and how you show so much with a few apt descriptions and actions. I particularly like the touch on the victim’s head to tell him – and us – what’s going on. Wonderful.
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Thank you Margaret, really glad you liked it 🙂
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Somehow I never pictured Death as sitting in a cafe with a list. It makes an interesting story, though. Well done, Cheryl. Happy New Year to you and yours. 🙂 — Suzanne
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You too Patricia, thanks so much for the read 🙂
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