I like the idea behind Lillie McFerrin's Five Sentence Fiction, though I do have a habit of run on sentences.Today's topic was time. I was originally going to go with something more in a hard SF vein, but I was worried about the pseudo-science taking over the story. And the weather today is absolutely glorious - a burst of summer amidst the winter that had arrived early - so I wanted something chock full of happiness. I chose a picture to go along with it, but ah, if only you could see the image in my head that it conjured up as I was brainstorming.
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| Kneeling By The Stream Of Consciousness, taken from here |
Surely hers was the greatest gift in the whole pantheon - to select those moments that each Sentient would look back on and treasure:
Proud parents watching their podling making its first tentative steps.
The warmth of sunlight on carapace after returning from the void.
Languorous breathing after a mating ritual.
Nerilla would vicariously sample all these and more until the End Times.
This is beautiful ... wonderfully carved plot !!!
ReplyDeleteIn so few words you've wonderfully captured and illustrated multiple levels of strangeness.
ReplyDeleteVery enticing
JzB
Well... can we have more please? there is time for it, surely? :)
ReplyDeleteThe concept of someone bestowing amazing experiences is wonderful, very creative! Who wouldn't enjoy the authority to do just that?!
ReplyDeleteChock full of happiness - a lovely state of being :))
ReplyDeleteThanks all. I agree, we could do with a lot more touches of this in our lives. It might help us appreciate things more
ReplyDeleteCan you control others happiness? Definitely made me think, an intriguing piece.
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