At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉
I'm not officially doing the A to Z Challenge this year, but I thought it would be fun to match posts to the letter of the day anyway.
What if you woke up to find that while you slept, your town had been destroyed? (For the purposes of this question, your home was unharmed, and your family is safe.)
Believe it or not, I wrote this as well as all the "what if?" posts for this month on March 6th. I had no idea what the world would be like when they went live. But I'm letting them post anyway...
Sounds a little familiar today... ;) You have been visionary!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the great "Twilight Zone" episode 'Time Enough at Last' staring Burgess Meredith. And oh, yes, I'm having way too much fun with our vacuum sealer. :) Be well!
ReplyDeleteI do think this was a bit in my mind when I wrote the question. Just make sure to have a backup pair of glasses ;)
DeleteI wouldn’t say my town is “destroyed”. More like, it was hit with a neutron bomb. That was a weapon that was supposed to kill all the people but leave the buildings standing.
ReplyDeleteAh. Yes, that could work. (I didn't explain what happened as I had no idea what would do it.)
DeleteI guess I would have to figure out where to go next but I would spend time mourning lives lost and businesses ect that were destroyed. I would also wonder why I had such great luck to have not been destroyed.
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I probably wouldn't notice for a while. Then I'd be happy that I could go places without having to wait in line.
ReplyDeleteThen we would be in a real crisis! This sounds like what my mom experienced and millions of others even today so be thankful all we have to do is complain about being inside for a while longer
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I'm good with being stuck inside. As far as plagues go, this is definitely the way to ride it out.
DeleteI'd be sad, but I'd keep going on.
ReplyDeleteI'd go inside and go back to bed.
ReplyDeleteKinda feels like that considering our town/county went from a handful of cases to 600 in just two weeks.
Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode with the man who found himself alone in the world, and then he breaks his glasses. Something like that would probably happen to us. The current virus, on the other hand, is like destruction in slow motion.
ReplyDeleteVery slow motion.
DeleteFinally some peace and quiet!!!
ReplyDeleteThis could be terrifying! Hopefully there will someone in some other town with whom we will be able to connect.
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