To Be Struck by Lightning
Mikki had never been struck by lightning, which was a shame. She’d heard it gave you such a nice energy boost.
She craved that now. She was 48,564 meters from home and her reserves stood at 6%. She chewed two 9-volt batteries with her tungsten teeth, sucking out every possible milliamp.
Suddenly, like a text notification from God, the clouds rumbled. There was a flash, then another.
Lightning arced down . . .
. . . four meters away.
Just as disappointment formed in her mind, the cut power lines from the struck pole fell, landing squarely on Mikki’s back.
Ah, she sighed. There we go.
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.”..a text notification from God” Nice!
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Thanks! 🙂
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It’s an ill lightining strike that does nobody some good
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That’s a great way to look at it. Now they just need to make power stations that rely on lightning and people will start praying for thunderstorms.
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Favorite line… She’d heard it gave you such a nice energy boost.
Like a protein bar or a shot of Red Bull.
Dale’s photo is amazing. I always told her she should take her photography more seriously. I can see Rochelle agrees.
Also love…text notification from God. Imagine really getting one. Now that would beat all.
You remain the master of Flash Fiction my friend. 🙂
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It’s hard to imagine lightning as a shot in the arm, as it were. I like the text notification from God line too. Was imagining a vibrating phone magnified a million times. 🙂
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With an Angel sitting on a cloud as a desk.
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I think we realise there is not a sufficient number of recharging points for all the electric cars being planned. At least Mikke got a sudden shot, although she should expect another soon.
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Yeah, not a very good plan to rely on acts of God to get you to the next charging point. Clearly this world needs better infrastructure. 🙂
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Cool!
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Love the illustration you’ve added to this, David, and the story itself is a great new take.
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Thanks. Yeah, it was a fun one to write.
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Storytelling at its sci-fi finest.
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Thanks! Glad you liked it.
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You’re very welcome.
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Delightful! You’re well into AI now!
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Thanks! Yes, AI is here, although it’s still an uneasy relationship I have with it. It’s got its uses as long as it doesn’t totally take over everything we do.
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So many great lines in this. I love the character and the idea of her curiosity about lightning strikes. Really clever. Also love the ending – I can hear her sighing.
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Thanks, Margaret! Glad you liked it.
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What’s detrimental to one, is invigorating to another! Fun story, David!
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Thanks, Dale. Yes, I can’t imagine enjoying getting shot through with high voltage electricity but each to their own.
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Tzz! Tzz!
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LOL
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