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Shawn Brooks's avatar

I like cli-fi! Going to use that term from now on.

Here's a drabble that just came to me from the ether:

Roaring. Thundering. Pounding against the thin walls of the shack. I feel them rattle deep in my bones. Booming. Trembling. The earth is shaking. I feel it in my gut. All I see through the shattered windows is darkness. But I can feel the ice wind pouring in. I can sense the heavy clouds looming overhead.

The roof is caving in. The walls will not stay erect much longer.

So I step outside. Only I cannot stand in the wind. It knocks me down like a schoolyard bully. Indifferent to my pain. And then I see it. The blacked sky. Swirling torrents of clouds heavy with not just rain, not just lightning, but with judgement.

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Jennifer Morrow's avatar

Jessica Maison's Bunny story was pretty great, good to see it included.

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Jessica Maison's avatar

Thank you for saying that! Glad you enjoyed it! Means so much.

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Jennifer Morrow's avatar

I said it because it's true! 👍

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Sunscreen (100 words)

Americans love hard workers and nobody brings it like El Sol. Firing heat nonstop like Nolan Ryan.

We came equipped with a barrier. Lifesaver. To cockblock that radioactive Romeo.

We figured doing our thing might fuck with somebody else’s grandkids. We could live with that.

Upped our output only a skosh.

But it caused a tiny tear in the screen door. Incremental. Imperceptible. We thought.

We didn’t flash fry like a fajita platter at Chili’s. That would come. We didn’t seem to notice at all. But we noticed. Deep down. The mitochondria knew. They were having a fiesta. Propagating. Exponentially.

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S.L. Stallings's avatar

Thank you!

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FranB's avatar

Thanks for including me John. Also loving the other stories.

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Jessica Maison's avatar

So into this prompt and all these stories! Thank you!

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J. Kyle Turner's avatar

Thanks for the mention! Excited to check out everyone else's tales.

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Thanks very much for the mention, John 🙏

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Susan Earlam's avatar

Most of my stuff straddles eco-horror and cli-fi. I've just posted a story for Earth Day too 👀

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