Copyright – Lora Mitchell
“Dimitri!”
“What?”
“Look what I found!”
Dimitri shuffled the clutter and rolled his chair closer to Sasha. He peered at the monitor. A long silence followed.
“What do you think it is?”
Dimitri cleared his throat. “Well, that’s definitely the sky. We’ve seen countless footage of it.”
“Yes but what’s the other thing in the middle?”
“I…well… Does the recording have a date?”
Sasha pressed a series of buttons and the converter spat out a black, rectangular, plastic object.
“Oh! It’s over a century old. Dated 2003.”
“Scan the image, see what we get and file it with the artefacts.”
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For this week’s Friday Fictioneers I went post-apocalyptic. I hope you like it.
Sandra's scribbles 
They have been in the bunker for a century. Wow, wonder if it is a nuclear holocaust or meteor strike or those blasted Zombies!
All humanity has. Drammatic isn’t it! 😉 Thanks for stopping by.
Whatever is left? Puts me in mind of Deep impact, Armageddon and the Day after Tomorrow.
Apocalypse well told, and I always enjoy when they are told with a twist in the end.
I love apocalyse stories! Thanks for reading Bjorn.
Heehee….you can do a lot with this idea!
We’ll see 🙂
As a Sci-Fi fan…of course I like it!
Thanks for your visit to Semi de ‘Lilium”
You’re welcome 🙂
Very good idea for the prompt! This would be fun to expand!
I’ll think about it 🙂
Great take on the prompt. The idea of flowers being classed as artefacts (Brit) is quite chilling.
Oh! thanks for that, I didn’t realise I had written it in American. Thanks for reading sandra.
Both are acceptable; I was justifying myself. 😉
Cool piece, neatly done.
Thank you 🙂
Wonderful imagination. Love it.
Hehe 🙂 thanks
I felt as if they were looking up out of some periscope, in the middle of the city. Nicely done.
That would actually make another good story! Thanks for reading.
I love apocalyptic movies and stories!!!
Wonderful.
(Since we are supposed to mention errors while they can be fixed – artifacts is spelled with an “i” – no big deal).
Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/friday-fictioneers-who-woulda-thought-genre-fiction-rated-pg13/
Scott
So do I, they terrify me but I have a morbid appreciation of them. Re artefacts, I took the British version. Thanks for the correction though, I appreciate it. 🙂
Lol – didn’t think of that!
And, I love British word versions!
Scott
Heh 🙂 so do I; the language is prettier in British I think!
I think, a lot of times, it really is.
I wonder what other arte/ifacts they might find 100 years from now. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Maybe they’ll find my blog! 😉
Interesting take on the prompt
Thanks, glad you liked it.
A business like!!
And I give you my super-like…
A good one and different too!!!
I will give you my official and heartfelt thank you then. 😀
I wonder what else they will find on the tape? Interesting idea for the story.
Thank you David 🙂
A world with no lilies – how sad!
Nice work Sandra, I loved ‘that’s definitely the sky’ bit, it spoke volumes about their circumstances. I am British, and I am constantly confused by my spell checker telling me I am wrong. I think I will put a disclaimer on my about page in case of corrections!
That’s actually a really good idea! Then again a sneaky ‘Z’ does slip up from time to time, turning my post American. So I think I will leave it to the reader’s discretion. Thanks a lot for reading; I’m happy you noticed the sky bit 🙂
Dear Sandra,
Great story from a far off perspective. Will come true one day, too.
Aloha,
Doug
Gosh I hope not. I do love apocalyptic stories, as long as they remain strictly fiction.