therealljidol week 25: the Waffle House Index

[j0ydivided]

The announcement came in mid-June. "THE END OF THE WORLD", blared the papers -- but it wasn't news. Most of us already knew, or had guessed. They were confirming what we already suspected

Comments

[marlawentmad]

Oh, this is too good. I love that you didn't focus on the ins-and-outs of how or why the world was ending. These two characters are so endearing, like a little makeshift family showing a brave face to the world.

[swirlsofblue]

Absolutely love this, the way you entwine the dual griefs of the world ending and the mother's death is amazing and the whole piece is sorrowful but with a determined grit to it, utterly beautiful.

[j0ydivided]

Thank you. :)

[penpusher]

Maybe this is fiction, but it had a very real feel to it. It's difficult to know how the population would react to such news, but as you kept it small and focused and only hinted at what the people outside of this small circle were doing, it completely works.

[j0ydivided]

Thank you! I wanted to focus on the minutiae for that reason.

[flipflop_diva]

I really loved this, especially how the end of the world mirrors in a way her grief and experience over losing her mother. And I love how what she went through with her mother is letting her make different choices now.

I also really love that the end lets off where it does, not knowing if the world ends or they do get west. I really, really enjoyed reading this.

[j0ydivided]

Thank you so much!

[murielle]

There is so much in this. Profound on so many levels. For those of us who've lost our mothers, we know it is the end of the world. For a while.

But what got me, really got me, was the dying of The Waffle House. Beautiful use of the prompt!