Charli Mills has given us the word winners this week for the 99-word flash fiction challenge. Here is my piece:
“He shuddered at the sight that beheld his desolate eyes. Stiff bodies ending in bloody stumps where their heads had been blown to pieces. Others, in which the pulse of life still beat, despite their shattered limbs lying in parts all over the field, spurted blood in bright sprays. There was also the noise; the screams and shrieks of pain from those who could muster the energy to expel such sounds from their desperate throats. These combined with the underlying low pitched moans and relentless whining of the dying, to form a symphony of despair. War had no winners.”
You can join in Charli’s challenge here: https://carrotranch.com/2019/11/28/november-28-flash-fiction-challenge/
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Horribly true.
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Yes, it is horrible and true. Thanks Jacquie.
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Harsh, but accurate…
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Thank you, ladies.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you for sharing.
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only the huge profits the war mongers make who care nothing for the slaughter they create … well written Robbie!
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Your point is well made, Kate. War and greed are combined tragedies.
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Well done… War, indeed, has no winners!
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Thank you, Bette.
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A symphony of despair indeed.
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Thank you, Liz. I have a horror of war.
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We all should have a horror of war, particularly the people who cause and declare them.
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Quite an evocative little piece. An important reminder of the lengths to which people will go–and why it’s important to stop ourselves before we get there.
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Thank you, Cathleen. Most wars are caused by religion or greed and they are always a great tragedy for the people involved.
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Reblogged this on Vijayagiri views.
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It is very true that war has no winners. I remember clearly my FIL who fought in WWII – never spoke of the horrors of the war. And it wasn’t until after he passed that my MIL let us open his ‘war trunk of memories’. One relative wanted to sell some of the ‘pieces’ – instead of that happening, my hubby and I became the caretakers of it.
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Thank you, Jules. Even for my mom, who was just a child of 7 years old when the war ended, her life was changed due to those war years and the aftermath. A terrible thing, war.
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Yikes. You paint a gruesome picture, visual and aural. A grim symphony.
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But it is very true, Miss D
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Yes. Yikes.
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Dark and powerful.
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Thank you
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That last sentence says it all. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe.
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A grim reminder.
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Yes, it is grim, Chelsea, but it is also true and we have to remember.
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That’s a pretty bloody story! War, war never changes.
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Sorry that it is bloody. War is like this even now.
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What a deviation from your children’s stories. A thought-provoking truth. Well done.
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Hi Susan, yes, I am venturing into YA and adult writing as it is challenging and interesting for me. Thanks for visiting me here.
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I’m proud of you Robbie. Changing genres takes courage and talent.
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Thank you, Susan.
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A symphony of dispair, indeed. The butchery of war contains no winning fields. Yet, I think of those who serve, not because they believe in winning, but because they uphold certain values. War is moral injury against those slain on the field, both sides. A brave story, Robbie.
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Thank you, Charli.
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