You’d think that by 2023 we would have had it figured out.
I mean, all the old movies and tv shows seemed to believe that at this point we would have flying cars.
It really couldn’t be further from the truth. In a world where we were supposed to have it all, we’ve completely lost the plot. It’s more of a 1984 world than it is a Jetsons world–and that is probably an understatement.
I know we’ve used up all of our luck, and I can see places where it is clear we have faltered. What else is there to do but bide our time waiting for the water wars? Climate change is… climate changing. It’s only a matter of time now, isn’t it?
We’re too far gone.
There’s nothing we can do aside from prepare and brace for impact.
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I sighed, closed the old, dusty journal, grabbed my gas mask and supplies, and prepared to head out into the hellscape the world had become.
“You clever girl,” I thought to myself. “You never knew how correct you would turn out to be.”
The main character wakes up one day to discover that everyone in the world has vanished, leaving only empty cities and clues hinting at a malevolent force behind the disappearance. As they uncover the truth, they realize they may not be alone after all.
The main character wakes up one day to discover that everyone in the world has vanished, leaving only empty cities and clues hinting at a malevolent force behind the disappearance. As they uncover the truth, they realize they may not be alone after all.
The main character wakes up one day to discover that everyone in the world has vanished, leaving only empty cities and clues hinting at a malevolent force behind the disappearance. As they uncover the truth, they realize they may not be alone after all.
Saturday Shorts - Week 1 - 07/08/23
Happy Saturday, fellow writing nerds! Today we will be kicking off an idea that I had about short fiction slams to engage the #writingcommunity....
OC Alternatives for Writing Communities?
Beyond differing official subs for warframe and deep rock galactic? Most of my time on Reddit was spent on r/hfy or r/writingprompts....
OC The devil went down to Georgia - and got involved in the Abkhazia conflict
Moving some of my Reddit submissions to the Fediverse
OC You find a magical artefact allows you to teleport - but only into "countries" that are not internationally recognised. You might have found the latter out too late
Moving some of my Reddit prompts to Kbin.