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The virus leveled us. Well, most of us anyway. What was left of humanity wasn’t very human anymore…
There was no such thing as comfort, or down time. Survivors were on the constant hunt for supplies and food. Mandy was tired and more than once thought of putting the cold pistol to her head and ending it. She had no idea what stopped her. Maybe it was hope that there was something more to life than survival.
Pockets filled with ammo and a motorbike humming between her legs, she set out on Route 66, hoping to find a life after decimation.
Genre: Post Apocalyptic Fiction/100 words
Thanks Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting this exercise in discipline. It is a joy to work with you and have you comment on my work. Along with all of my other friends from Friday Fictioneers.
Dear Readers, be sure to check out the other stories found on the little froggy link on Rochelle’s page. Thanks for stopping by.
WHAT came over you? I loved it, darling. And with a motorbike humming between her legs, she’ll not want for a man, right? 😉
Not sure what came over me my love, but this genre is my favorite to read, so I thought I’d give writing it a try. I’ve been avoiding writing for some time and I have no idea why.
As for the motorbike humming, that’s exactly what I was thinking…. No need for a man when riding a crotch rocket now is there?
But what happens next?! I love this kind of fiction too. Never sat on a crotch rocket though…
Claire
Not sure what happens next. It would be kind of fun to find out though.
Love, Renee
Crotch rocket!! This blog does wonders for my vocab!
Never heard of a crotch rocket? That’s what we call a Suzuki motorcycle.
Love, Renee
Sounds like “Mad Maxine.” 🙂
janet
Yes it sure does.
Love, Renee
Oh yes, and next stop, Dystopia, to refuel bike and body.
Or maybe she’ll find utopia. You never know.
Love, Renee
Very nice. I hope this comment finds you well. I have been out of blogging almost a year and stated this new one. You may have the old one on your followers. they do not take of deleted accounts.
I have only been writing sporadically. I’m following your new blog now. Glad you liked my story.
Love, Renee
I wondered. You are not posting as much as you used to. I enjoyed getting your posts a few times a week.
I’m doing my best to get back to it. I really do miss it.
Dear Renee,
First I want to tell you how thrilled I am to see your face back in the “Hollywood Squares.” You’ve been MIA too long my dear.
Like Janet, I was thinking “Mad Maxine.” 😉 You painted a bleak picture and I could feel Mandy’s despair, coupled with her determination. My only crit is that the last two lines really are one sentence. Comma after Route 66, small ‘h’ on hoping.
Well done and great to read your voice once more.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Dear Rochelle,
It’s good to be back. I’m bound and determined to write more and prompts really do help keep me disciplined.
Mad Maxine is a good description but I want her story to be a bit more bleak, or dark. I will be sure to change the last two sentences to one. I have a tendency to keep them too short.
Thanks for the reading and critique. It’s so good to hear from you.
Love, Renee
Excellent! Dark and spooky (because it could one day be true). Enjoyed reading it – just hoping it only stays on the pages of a blog or book!
Thanks so much. I hope it stays a work of fiction too.
Love, Renee
Thanks!! Hugs!
The piece is dark and moving and reminiscent of “The Road” with more bullets. But the title is clawing at a pet peeve of this numbers geek: Decimation = One-tenth destroyed. Yes, the definition has muddled into “many-to-most,” alas. English is losing yet another quite precise word to muddledom. (“Massive” to describe holes and wind does the same thing – I go all twitchy.)
I’m glad you liked and thank you for the vocabulary lesson. I didn’t read the definition before I titled the story. I think I’m going to change it to “Destruction”. What do you think?
Love, Renee
That works well. Best regards.
You had me at virus and sealed the deal with humming. Love the post apocalyptic theme. Nice work!
Christina
Thanks so much. I think my favorite genre is post apocalypse. That, and dystopian society stories. My daughter says the stories are satire, but I think they tell our future.
Love, Renee
Love the fact that your main character is a woman. VVrrroomm! This woman will not use the pistol on herself, I’m sure.
We need a strong woman to face down what lies ahead for her on Route 66. There’s a line in the book, The Silence of The Lambs that goes something like, “if he’s close enough to fuck, he’s close enough to fight”. That’s what I felt about this character when I wrote the story. She’s a bad ass that will take down anyone in her way.
Love, Renee
hope springs eternal. she’ll find other survivors and one will steal her bike. just kidding! i just can’t help myself. 🙂
I bet she won’t let anyone steal her bike, but I do believe she will find other survivors….. 🙂
It takes more nerve than anyone can imagine to pull that trigger.
Yes my darling it sure does. Suicide is not for the weak. I’m glad she didn’t do it though.
Love, Renee
This is the beginning of something exciting.. Wonder if she’ll find beauty in the sunset.
Of course she will Bjorn, but she’ll find trouble along her journey too.
Love, Renee
She’d better get the most out of that bike because pretty soon the fuel will run out. I hope she’s found somewhere safe by then. Good story, appealing character.
I think she’ll syphon what she needs. Who knows, she may find a scientist or engineer on her journey.
Love, Renee
Dear Renee,
I’m glad to hear all the ladies bandying about their thoughts on the crotch rocket’s buzzing between her legs. They said what I was imagining. You do apocalypse well. Possible larger story in there, right?
Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
Dear Doug,
I’m not sure if you’ve ever ridden a Harley, but there is something about the throb of the bike that makes me feel alive. I swear to you that feeling is better than sex.
Not sure if there’s a larger story here of not. But it would be fun to try. I get scared of writing longer stories. Like maybe I’ll run out of words or the writer will get bored. I wish I didn’t feel that way. With practice maybe that fear will go away.
Thanks for liking my story. It means a lot.
Love, Renee
I got a strong sense of her taking control from a desperate situation. I hope it works out for her!
I hope it does too. She’s a pretty tough character.
Love, Renee
I hope she finds it before the petrol runs out!
I bet she’ll find a scientist to help her with an alternative fuel source.
Well written, Renee. I like the fact that she is clinging to the hope of finding more to life than just survival. If that was all it’s about there wouldn’t be much point in going on. The vibrating crotch rocket was added bonus too–hope she doesn’t wreck. 🙂
She wouldn’t wreck, because she’s tough. She will find more and live. I can just feel it.
Love, Renee
The images of an apocalyptic future, set my teeth on edge! This edgy, female heroine takes the story to new and exciting place.
I’m glad you liked it. Thank you for your kind comment. I liked the character, she seemed like a survivor.
Love, Renee
“Crotch rocket?” Why, I’ve been called that for years, nice to see it appear in a story. A modern day Road Warrior tale with Mandy instead of Mel Gibson, tell me more, Renee!
Hey Perry,
Not sure if there’s more to the story or not. Glad you liked it though.
Love, Renee
Dear Renee
So pleased to see you back here at FF, I have missed you!
I loved your story, a different genre for you and you did it really well.
Dee
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Hey Dee,
So glad you liked it. I’m glad to be back too. I hope you’re having a splendid start to 2015.
Love, Renee
I’ve had flu so not the best start, but feel better now. Hope you enjoyed the holidays.
Love
Dee