Traxin applied more pressure to the steering column as the ship’s vibration increased to an incessant shuddering which made his gray head rattle on the end of his long ringed neck. “I hate this place. It smells and there are too many life forms creating constant turbulence.” He stared through the small portal at the menacing bright-colored shapes and swerved around the erratic entities.
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“Whoa. Babe! It’s time! 10, 9, 8. What the Hell?” John swatted at the moving object and sent it spiraling into space.
The dazzling illuminated ball fell as shouts rang out across the square.
“Happy New Year!”
~~~
If you look carefully, you will see Traxin fly across the screen!
What are your New Year’s Eve plans?
For other 100 word posts, check them out in the comment section at http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/
Photo by http://www.nanodeltech.com/
Wow, Traxin must be one of those bionic African mosquitoes that blew in here on the back of Hurricane Floyd back in 99. One of them bored an 8th inch hole in the driver door of my pickup truck. Great story.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
paul
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Hahaha! Paul it sounds like you should join us on Fridays and write a flash fiction! Unless …it’s…..true….
Happy New Year to you!!
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So, you know about Syd Barrett? Oh, and by the way…Which one is Pink?
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Flash? Friday? Fiction? Sounds Freakin Fabulous…what’s today?
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Too Late! But there’s always next week!
Hey who are all those people that were voting and voted for? Never mind! I found him! I have some catching up to do!!
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Awesome – as usual, Susie! Enjoy the New Year celebration!
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Thanks Hook! You too!
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Great post–lots in so few words. Thanks and best to you in 2012. Look forward to following along with you…..
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Thank you so much Winsomebella! I will look forward to your comments.
Happy New Year!
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Good one, Susie! I really like how you worked New Year’s into it. Happy New Year to you!
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Thank you Jan! Happy New Year to you too!
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Thank you for the visit…I see so many familiar faces here!
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I hope you will stop again!
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Spending a NYE in New York and watching that ball go down is on my list of ‘must-do’ experiences. Maybe this year! Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year to you! It is on my list as well!
I hope you stop by again to read! Thank you!
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Thank you for reading Helene…
I liked how you captured the anticipation of the moment. Excellent descriptions in so few words. I liked it.
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I really enjoyed it!
Thank you Lance!
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A wonderful 100 words 🙂 And the video, omg, it’s all just so new, so fresh, 2012. Caught you on The Hook’s page & thought I’d drop in. Happy New Year to you! I admire anyone who can say anything in just 100 words!!
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Thanks for stopping by! Happy New Year!
I can write 100 words and love the restriction, but believe me I can’t limit myself when it comes to talking! Hahaha!
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This was even better the second time around!
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Thanks Hook for stopping by again!
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Flash is difficult. You’ve got the flare. I especially like the red of the traxin. Nice job.
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Thanks Barb!
I love this medium since it forces me to choose my words carefully and drive the action in a few sentences.
I hope you will stop by again!
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Okay, that was super fun!
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Thanks Julie!! I do one every Friday, so I hope you stop by again~
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This is great! I don’t know if you twitter, but there is a twitterer by committee called @MicroLore which does flash fiction, as well. I enjoy the challenge and the quick jolt of the imagination.
Thank you for liking some of my photos on plaidoak.com, by the way. I appreciate it!
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Ah Ha! You are Plaid Oak! Awesome! I will check out that Tweeter.
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Actually, my wife is Plaid Oak. My site is not nearly so creatively named. She is the true artist, and over time more of her work will get posted, but I have decades of photographs for her to share! I enjoy reading your blog. M.A.B.
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Ah. I get it!
Thank you so much and I look forward to reading both of yours!
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What’s that, a nanobot? I loved the two stories!
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Raburcke – it is, of some kind. If you click on the photo you will get the link to the “way over my head” site! Hahaha!
Thank you so much!
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Nice, I bookmarked this page on Digg under “Into the Vortex – 100 Word Flash Fiction | Susie Lindau's Wild Ride”. So hopefully our friends can give you a visit. Kudos for content!
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Oh, I enjoyed this so much! I can hardly believe how cool it was from the two points of view, and I really laughed, I wasn’t prepared for something like this!
(… no… horror story? 😀 I know there’s a sequel to this though… heading over there.)
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I am glad you enjoyed the series! Thanks Norv!
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