Inspired by today's prompt Her diary's open to this date, last year. It could be a leaf from another life, from another time. The woman she was then, perhaps even still the girl, is long gone: so has the world around her. That was before the bomb fell, and now, now that peace … Continue reading Leaf #DailyPrompt
H Bomb
#AtoZChallenge: April 24, 2013 ~ Uranium
You are the most fatal chemical element found on earth, only preceded by plutonium, the byproduct (“waste”) of nuclear reactors. In nature you are mostly the stable isotope Uranium-238, but your brother, Uranium-235, is much sought after by the sorcerers of nuclear fission since it “only” requires low-energy neutrons to trigger the chain reaction. Nuclear … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 24, 2013 ~ Uranium
#FiveSentenceFiction: a Birthday Post – Sacrifice
She stood still, as if she was frozen, her huge grey body among grey rocks, one of the most formidable fighters in the whole universe. Before she died her sister had helped her bury their eggs deep, so deep, in the planet's core: nothing bar total annihilation could now reach them, their future, their eternity: … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: a Birthday Post – Sacrifice