"Fiddling while Rome Burns" - "Come-to-Jesus Moment" - "Bananas" - NYC Midnight 100 Word Microfiction Contest 2022 - round 2 - entry plus two alternate drafts I did not submit
Hi loves, this is my entry for NYC Midnight's 100 word Microfiction 2022, round 2. The assignment was genre: comedy, action: shaking, word: cheap. I entered the first one, but I had a couple other drafts I thought were funny, so I'm including them after. Take three, they're small and light, they won't go right to your hips! _____________ "Fiddling while Rome Burns" Another scorching day. “Climate change is killing us,” I grumbled. “Talk is cheap. We gotta do something!” Samantha grabbed her Ouija board. My fingers shook as we touched the planchette. “The spirits know all. O Ancestors, we beg your wisdom!” Sam cried. The board trembled. The suddenly chilly planchette shivered into motion. “Spirits, can we heal our Earth, repair this environmental disaster?” LOL I’m from Pompeii , it spelled. You want my help? “You experienced an environmental disaster,” she whispered. “Can you guide us?” Not really. I was jerking off when Vesuvius blew. We l