You stumble upon a random letter on the path. You read it. It affects you deeply, and you wish it could be returned to the person to which it’s addressed. Write a story about this encounter.
Today’s twist: Approach this post in as few words as possible.
First Stellar Power Company regrets to inform you that due to arrears payments and lack of response to final collection notice, Sol will be turned off at
How do you simulate darkness in a story without describing it?
Anyway, my first instinct was to do something romantic/tragic, like:
On some solitary rock
A desperate lover left his mark,
“Baby, I’ve changed. Please come back.”
–Don Henley, New York Minute
Then I remembered Knock by Fredric Brown:
“The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…”
And science fiction just offers a ton of ideas that can be brief as all get out, SF is made for short-shorts.
Thank god I’m not a fan of Victorian bodice-rippers, or something…that would be challenging!
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