This post is written for Friday Fictioneers.
We had been warned. Clouds of ash and noxious gases filled the view from my room. Famine was spreading throughout the world wiping out 16% of the population. A constant fog hung over all of Europe and the greater part of the United States. It was the coldest, snowiest winter on record here in Michigan.
The cry of my new born son reached me from the far bedroom. He didn’t know he was doomed. I knew what I had to do. He didn’t have a choice. I did.
Oh Danny Boy! 
A reflection of the times 😐
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I wonder who the culprit is? The enemy?
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Oh noooo!
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Oh wow. Creepy and well told.
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Thanks for stopping by.
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Your story has a truly haunting aspect to it. May that day never come where youngsters are euthanized because the alternative is worse 😦
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Agree!
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Oh, yoiks! That last line is a heart grabber. Well done.
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Did she do what I thought she did!!!
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You’re assuming it’s a she.
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Err yes. In my defense I did go back to check before posting my comment and she did appear to be a she. But you do know best
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Could be either way actually. Thanks for commenting.
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Very powerful ❤
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Thank you!
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That’s a very bleak tale.
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Seems like a dystopian introduction to a larger and longer story. Well done, Danny.
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Thanks Bill!
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It must be difficult to think positively in such a situation.
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Bleak, Danny. Well written, powerful emotion especially in that last line.
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Oh dear, how bleak this life is!
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Packs a punch at the end Danny.
Thanks for the follow.
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You describe our future as a dystopian doomsday scenario. The greatest fear for humankind’s loss is not climate change it is the madmen who pull the carpet from under our feet.
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You speak the truth.
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Only 16% leaves then an 84% chance of survival, and now he has another life to cherish.
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I hope his choice is to fight for both their futures? It’s hard now to see what else needs to happen to convince the doubters to act for the generations to come.
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You would think!
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Some will survive
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And what will there future be?
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