This post is written for Friday Fictioneers. The challenge is to write a complete story with a beginning, middle and end in 100 words or less using the picture prompt below.
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot
Bird-droppings were drying on the empty bench he occupied. He thought that strange since all the birds had died months ago. The authorities had completely sealed off the city. Citizens were not allowed to leave, and no one was allowed to enter.
He had enrolled in the Sanitary Squad as a volunteer and not because he was a savant in the field of epidemics. His duties revolved around seeing that houses were kept in a proper hygienic state. He also compiled the daily death count. He tried not to think about his wife who was trapped outside.
Oh Danny Boy! 
WOW!
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You capture the surreal situations we seem to be finding ourselves in more and more very well.
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Sounds all too real to me. Great storytelling.
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We came close.
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poor wife, she deserves better.
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Dystopian, and so believable in these times. Well told
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Thanks Michael.
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Great story really well written 🙂
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Thanks!
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I agree with Sandra. Once upon a time, this would have felt like fiction. Now it is far too real and very well written, Danny.
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We came pretty close didn’t we?
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That we did!
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Sounds like the aftermath of a terrible pandemic or the apocalypse. Great storytelling.
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Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
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The out’s want in and the in’s want out. Chiller.
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Dayum…that was dark.
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Don’t usually go there.
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A “real” feeling slice of thinking.
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Nothing would surprise me any more.
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Agree with that!
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Before Covid this would have been in the realms of dystopian fiction. But we can believe anything now.
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Everyday surprises me today.
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Perfectly apocalyptic, well done.
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Bleak, but after the last few years, not unimaginable.
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Yup!
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You have given me a reminder of however precarious life can be and how vulnerable humans are to the unknown waiting to strike.
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One day at a time.
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Hard to click “Like” on this one (given its subject matter) but there aren’t enough I’s in L -I-I-I-KE to express my admiration for the teller’s talent. My hat is off. AND: perfect photo.
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