Thursday, March 17, 2016

Short monster prompt

A short story for a contest about a monster attacking Hampton Roads:

It came with promises. Wealth, jobs, respect. All these things were promised. It would put us on par with the other great cities in the world, New York, London, Tokyo and more. So we welcomed it with open arms. Embraced it like a long lost lover and gave it everything it requested. People, time, materials, money. More and more we sunk into it and more and more it promised us. Draining us and clouding our minds, preventing us from seeing the truth. That is how the monster won, with candied lies. That is how the Light Rail consumed Hampton Roads.


Not bad for a max word count of 100.

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