Monday, 11 July 2011

SATURDAY CENTUS: Infected

Jenny Matlock

Well its been a few weeks since I last posted after getting caught up in a busy schedule. But I'm pleased to be back on track now. I missed writing my centus and my fellow centusians :-)


Saturday Centus is a short story theme where you are given a different prompt each week, and have to work it into your 100 word story. The prompt for this week prompt is in bold. Here is my short story:


Everyone had been evacuated from the city but somehow I managed to keep hidden in my cellar. I had to .. I had to see if Jamie was OK. I couldn't just leave. The army didn't give a damn who they shot down. Just someone running towards them and the sign read 'infection' through their minds ... bang, gone.

4 days it had been so far (I think). With only the tiniest gap through a boarded up disused window to rely on. Only I could have a cellar with no wine in it!

Was today the day to unlock the hatch or wait longer? ...

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9 comments:

Ames said...

Oh an epidemic! Creepy the thought of surviving in that situation.~Ames

Judie said...

A cellar with NO WINE? My God! What were you thinking?? Great take on the prompt!!!

Ames said...

Hahaha Judie. You crack me up. You would worry about the wine and not the epidemic. :D~Ames

Deborah said...

Oh very good and the words effortlessly used! Well Done :o)

cj Schlottman said...

The question is always there, isn't it, whether it's about cracking a window or cracking a bottle of wine?

Great take!

Namaste..........cj

Anna said...

What a scary situation. Are you writing a series or is this just for this prompt? You packed a lot into your 100 words!
Best wishes,
Anna
Sigge says thanks-Anna's SC wk 62

Jenny said...

Judies comment totally cracked me up.

This feels like a trailer to a TV series or a movie. It played through my head...I could feel the suspense and the worry...hear the music playing in the background.

Really creative use of this prompt.

Wow.

Kristy said...

Full of tension!

Wanderer said...

Very nice! Soooo, what happened? I'm drawn in right away and I need to know more!

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