Neuro-tech students gathered on a rooftop, beneath the City-dome, drinks in hand, and watched the decade’s worst electrical storm.
“Shortest night… solstice?”
“Yeah.”
“I went in today.”
“You didn’t-“
“There was no fear, y’know? Back then. They just lived. Under the sun for hours at a time.”
“Really?”
“Barbecues, beers, no sunscreen. It was-“
“Exhilarating?”
“Exactly.”
“100 years?”
“205.”
“Wow- what’s he saying?”
“Have at it! Literally. Offered his memories for the taking. To anyone.”
Lightning cracked purple and blue above, beyond the dome. The sun’s heat always lingering.
“Can I-?”
“Now? Absolutely! Best way to escape the summer.”
© 2021 Rebecca Glaessner
June 18, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that features a solstice. What is the era and setting? Use the solstice as a celebration, metaphor, or talking point. Go where the prompt leads!
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This is an interesting story. Very much how I see the future panning out! 💜
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It’s a fascinating concept! Being able to open the doors to our own minds and understand ourselves on even deeper levels. What a world it will be!
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Yes indeed there is so much potential…will humans live long enough to open their minds and see?
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Wow, I got no time to work on this prompt. You, nailed it with an amazing concept❤️made an amazing time travel Fiction 😍 electrical storm, Purple lightening, best way to skip summer 😁😅I would skip a lot more to explore the super future generation 😉
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Thanks and me too Simon. I’d love to live long enough to see us advance significantly, and I’m hopeful I will. We’re moving really quick right now, especially in studying the brain, and the knowledge being gained is exciting!
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Let’s hope it happens so quickly for us to witness the unimagined possiblities 😍
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Climate changes. We have much to be thankful for. And much to do.
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Couldn’t agree more, Norah. Mother Earth desires our love, but fortunately doesn’t need it. She’ll be okay in the end, though I can’t say the same for us if we don’t continue changing.
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I think your’re right, Rebecca. Mother Nature is resilient.
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Your details are well-placed like highlights in a painting. The electrical storm, the city’s dome, hints at the carefree past and the worried future, yet youth still feel youthful and thus hopeful.
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Thanks Charli. There is still much hope to be had! Being consistent each week has seen me enjoy writing these flash pieces more and more. This tag-less dialogue style was also a first for me, I’m glad I got the descriptive placements right! It’s such an art form to shift and change words to craft the image and guide the reader just the way the writer wants.
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