“Do you remember when people thought the next war would be against the Martians? People panicked that aliens, with intelligence far greater than ours, were watching Earth, waiting for an opportunity to make it their own.”
“Of course. I remember reading that a panic ensued when War of the Worlds first aired on the radio in 1938. People thought it was a real attack.”
“Now here we are in 2019, worrying about the world ending because of global warming and predicting that the next war will be over water. It’s amazing how much life has changed in eighty years.”
This piece of flash fiction was written in exactly 100 words for Don Massenzio’s Photo Stock Challenge. You can join in here: https://donmassenzio.wordpress.com/2019/03/13/stock-photo-challenge-3/
Great flash fiction Robbie, and so much truth in it. Apparently the the growing in flux of people to this this country and the natural population growth indicates that in around 25 years time we will run out of water!
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I know, Willow. I try not to worry about things I don’t have control over but it is hard with two sons.
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It really is isn’t it 💜💜
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Check out Robbie Cheadle’s submission to my Stock Photo Challenge from this post on her blog.
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Thank you, Don. I like your photographs.
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Thank you.
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I don’t worry as much about water as I do about human empathy, anger, kindness, violence . . . We have such capacity for goodness, and hatred.
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Yes, you do make a good point, Priscilla. Less money and other things bring out the worst in people. The reason we are facing such humanitarian crisis’s now is because people don’t want to share and don’t want to have less. Just imagine what will happen if we run out of essentials like water.
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So true.
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Thanks Tom.
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How far we’ve come from worrying about those days of Martian invasion….unfortunately not all of that growth has been good. Excellent writing, Robbie!
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Thank you, Mae. My next book will be about a post-apocalyptic world (quite different I think from most other books along these lines) so I thought I should get some practice. My review of Cusp of Night will be published on this blog tomorrow. Brilliant book.
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One of the books I loved when I was a kid was “Alas Babylon” about a post-apocalyptic world. It has stuck in my head ever since. I look forward to what you’ll be writing!
And I saw your review for Cusp on Amazon.Thank you for posting it there and I look forward to seeing it on you blog tomorrow. So happy!
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I will look that book up, Mae. Thank you.
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and how much it hasn’t
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Yes, that is true, Annette.
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Thought provoking and so true.
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Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed this.
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Excellent, Robbie, and what a comparison. The sad thing is that the current vision of the end of the world would be through our own choices.
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Yes, you are right, Diana. I was going to make the point that the current scenario is also due to mans lack of intelligence but thought it was a but rude to generalise.
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A scary thought, but thought-provoking, Robbie.
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Thank you, Teri. There is a terrible truth in this.
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I like the idea that we can still do things to prevent this war – I dislike how I believe we’ll fail.
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I hope for our children’s sake that we do manage to resolve our issues and pull it all together.
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Not sure which one is worse- the Martians or what we do to ourselves.
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Well, what we do to ourselves is self inflicted so that must make it worse, I think.
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Lovely drabble, Roberta! 🙂
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Thank you
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as a war of the worlds fan I bet it would still cause a stir if it was broadcast again 🙂
But surely ignorance, greed and hatred will ensure that we self implode …
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Let us hope there are enough good people to prevent that eventuality, Kate. Thanks for visiting.
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So very true. We have come a long way, but not all the things we have done are good for us.
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No, unfortunately not but hopefully there are enough good people out there for sense to prevail in the end.
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We never want to look in the mirror…(K)
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Unfortunately, we humans, tend to destroy everything we touch. Nicley done, Robbie! I enjoy this very much.
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It does seem to be an unfortunate truth for some, but not all, of use. Thank you, Penny.
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