as long as… friday fictioneers zombies zeds 27
This story is prompted for Friday Fictioneers – kindly hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Come try your hand at a 100 word story. Here is today’s photo prompt
Madman lies dead, there is no living thing where his nerve gas bomb has poisoned. But the death of the hive leaves us wondering how the girl will fare
Toxic air embraced the square and drifted lazily into the atrium. Reaper watched. No birds sang, no squirrels moved. Still life zombies honored Madman’s Valhalla journey.
It had been two days and the girl lay comatose. At the hive’s death she convulsed, coughing blood and expelling an evil growth. Reaper destroyed it and took her to shelter in an abandoned restaurant. The third day she rose, eyes clear but very weak. She whispered “Madman?”.
Reaper put a finger gently on her lips and shook his head.
“A light has gone from the world,” her voice soft and sad. “How will we survive?”
Reaper’s words, “As long as heroes survive, mankind will fight.”
The End
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Glad it wasn’t all doom and gloom. Nice writing, Bill.
thanks!
Bill, your stuff reads like poetry almost. Has kind of a rhythm to it. I’m a BIG fan of poetry, so I feel like I got a good one here (even if the subject matter is kind of …dead!) 😉 Score points!
thanks — I really appreciate that comment.
Dear Bill,
Nice ending even if you did kill off Madman 😦 I’ve grown rather accustomed to this series but I’m looking forward to more from you on other subjects.
Joyful Resurrection and shalom,
Rochelle
thanks — got a lilacs pic ? I have a couple requests for a romantic finish 🙂
I had to go back and catch up on the previous installments. Really enjoyed the ride!
Great to meet the girl again, I was concerned for her.
thanks Bjorn – I may have one more with her….
I think I missed a few instalments not having been around for almost the whole of March.
Have some catching up to do.
Madman dead!! 😦
Very clever nod to the Easter story
Our hero surely deserves a bit of romance now…perhaps a love scene next as it can’t possibly be the end of the Reaper 🙂
🙂 two requests… depending on the pic, maybe Reaper gets the hero’s reward next week. Thanks for commenting
🙂
Happy Easter
What a clever take on the prompt. The image of the girl coughing up an evil growth might stay with me, but fortunately I’d finished breakfast. A real alternative Easter story – well done.
thanks ! I am always glad when you like these..
Creative Easter story or zombie rising. It was definitely a good read.
thanks Kim! Have a great Easter!
The End? Already miss Reaper, the girl and Madman–maybe an Epilogue? (By the way, the next-to-the-last line needs a pronoun).
Thanks VB! I changed that line!
“On the third day…” Not your traditional Easter story but a heroic ending. Now what? 🙂 It’s been a good run (sometimes literally.)
janet
Nice ending. Though part of me still wants that romance.
I’d have to see if I could write a love scene 🙂
Yes!! I think you could and do a very nice job of it. 🙂
did you catch the Easter references ?
On the second read I did. Clever. This is a very nice story. Are you planning to compile it?
yes, next week I will put them all in one post.