The day was hot. I don’t just mean so hot your ice cream melted. This was hell hot; the universe twisting in torment hot; melt your eyeballs hot.
The last of our water was gone a hundred miles back, thinking we’d hit a town, or at least a service station, any time. But the carriageway only went on and on.
Then the world itself buckled, the road ahead wilting.
“This was us,” she said, “We did this,”
“I love you,” I replied.
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Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here
Neil MacDonald Author 
That’s a nice way to meet and greet an apocalypse.
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That’s a good way to look at it
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Choosing ‘like’ doesn’t quite work for this story. It’s so deeply sad. As often happens, you have a potentially far longer story here.
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Thanks so much, Jilly
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She sounds like some lady, Neil
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They’ve been through a lot together
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i suppose that when all else fails, it pays to stay positive.
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Or to make a last declaration
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Hi Neil,
“Melt your eyeballs hot”. Nicely done. I like Canadian summer. 🙂
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Thanks so much
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A viable end of the line. “We did this” says it all.
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I kinda liked his response
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Dear Neil,
Melt your eyeballs hot? That’s pretty hot. The ending line makes me smile….I think.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks so much, Rochelle
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Great write Neil it feels like the final page of a Cormac McCarthy novel condensed into one single paragraph – 🙌
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That’s high praise. Thank you
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You have me wondering if that’s the way it will really end.
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Not long before we find out
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Oh no
I don’t think they are getting out of there alive. At least they are together. Well written
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Thanks so much. Laurie
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The End. A great take, Neil.
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Thanks so much. Keith
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We had similar apocalyptic ideas, it seems. Wonderful story!
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Yes we did. Thanks so much
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How civilized! Good one, Neil.
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I hate it when my eyeballs melt. If they have to go into an apocalypse, they might as well face it head on.
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Thanks for reading
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Aww, a sweet thought, and then..?
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Perhaps less a sweet thought than a final declaration
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Contrast and comfort, even in the worst things!
Wonderful!
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Thanks so much
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Love in the midst of adversity.Now, that’s what the world needs most.
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It is, of course, a last declaration of love followed by death
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