For NaNoWriMo month, members of the Absolute Write Watercooler decided to put together drabbles as part of the monthly blog chain. My drabble is below and all links in the chain will follow it.
Into the Light
A light pierced the darkness that had held him. It was too bright, but he couldn’t turn away as it called to him. Then came the voices, muffled at first, but slowly becoming clearer and louder. He couldn’t understand what they were saying, but knew they were calling him. That it was his time.
Despite the comfort he’d felt in his life, he knew that was over. It was time to surrender himself to those guiding him into the next life.
“Congratulations Mrs. Sanders. It’s a boy,” the doctor said as he placed the newborn baby in his mother’s arms.
For other blog chain submissions, see the following:
FreshHell direct link to post
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AuburnAssassin direct link to post
Aheila direct link to post
Bibbo direct link to post Hilaryjacques direct link to post.
Orion_mk3 direct link to post
Proach direct link to post
jonbon.benjamin direct link to post
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I thought this was really clever. I was all prepared for him to walk into the light, into death, but you flipped it totally on its head. Well done! (Sorry about your background--the celestial theme was pretty cool.)
ReplyDeleteThis is very clever. Had me tricked that is for sure
ReplyDeleteGood job
Thank you both. I was hoping that readers would like the twist.
ReplyDeleteooh, well done. Great drabble!
ReplyDeleteLol, i like it.
ReplyDeleteThanks again. If anybody likes strange twists, you can check the first drabble I posted "Weird Drabble."
ReplyDeleteJust a warning, I've been told it's pretty cr@ppy (and that was actually a compliment). I was in a weird mood when I wrote it.
http://writersinprogresswip.blogspot.com/2010/11/weird-drabble.html
Nicely done. You had me going.
ReplyDeleteNice! I notice that people tend to touch on some big issues with their drabbles, at least in this bunch...and there's always a twist.
ReplyDeleteClever little piece. I like.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting little piece of work.
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