Short Story -- No News

[theun4givables]

I asked talonkarrde88 for a prompt a couple of weeks back. He gave me the prompt, "the last gas station," in response, and of course, I sat on it for a while. My first couple of attempts to fill it were complete shit. This, though? I like. I like it a lot. Buuuut... I have the feeling I might have created yet another universe to expand and fill in, later.

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

Neat!

I like it, and the unexpected use of the prompt. It works great as a short story, whether or not you expand it.

[theun4givables]

Thank you. :) I dunno if I will expand it, but if I do, it'll be a while.

[alien_writings]

This was an interesting use of the prompt. :) The "no news" thing made the story even freakier.

Also, (potential) universes just have a way of popping into existence, don't they?

[theun4givables]

Thank you. :)

The no news thing was so totally unexpected, even for me. Because I wrote this entirely on the fly.

Yes they fricken do. I need to stop.

[adoptedwriter]

I like now it concluded. Leaves ya wanting more! AW

[theun4givables]

Thank you. :) It's something I totally forgot about, but I was trudging through my "original fiction" tag and found it.

[fodschwazzle]

Why do you need to stop? Sparse details about the monster, odd contradictions in the function of the world (there is no news), and an eerie calm make this something I could easily sink my teeth into.

[theun4givables]

xD

I write things to write things and then I forget the exist and well...

I'll probably expand this one day. But I have so many other things clamoring around in my head that this will probably be shelved for the time being. :)

(But it'll one day get the attention it deserves, I think.)

Thanks for stopping by. <3