Comments on 'The Future's Bright'My head began to spin, I tried to look away but I couldn't move, I couldn't even move my eyes. The tips of my fingers and toes began to vibrate, almost like pins and needles. I tried to close my eyes but ended up squinting, throwing the pictures in the mirror into sharper focus.
I saw a kitchen, it was empty but a hob was turned on. As I watched a tea towel left lazily on the cooker caught fire. A gust of wind came from somewhere and blew an ember across the room.
My head was pounding, I couldn't lift my hand to check but I think my nose was bleeding. The scene changed, smoke was pouring out of a door no one was looking at.
Then fire on a dance floor, people screaming, alarms were ringing, they rang too late. I saw a figure I recognised burst from the toilets and try and dodge the fire, a ceiling beam fell, the figure fell, and didn't get up.
Finally the mirror released me, I wiped the blood off my face and heard a fire alarm begin to sound. I thought about running and I thought about dying.2008-06-17T02:04:35Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/34562Comment on The Future's Bright<p>Great setup, wondering if fate is sealed or if there’s a chance it can be overcome. In other words, is this mirror a truthful mirror or not?</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/34562?basename=713072008-06-17T02:04:35Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on The Future's Bright<p>The latter seems to be his fate. Very exciting stuff here. Great job on the quick transition in a limited space from the premonition to the reality.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/34562?basename=712842008-06-16T23:48:48ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on The Future's Bright<p>Agreed. What the heck is a hob?<br />Also, pretty cool. Did he see himself in the mirror dying or his buddy? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Or read the last line I guess, but that’s no fun.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/34562?basename=712802008-06-16T23:36:53ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21Comment on The Future's Bright<p>Really wild things going on, I like it. The way it’s written really gets the intensity of the situation across, I can’t wait for more.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/34562?basename=712672008-06-16T23:18:31ZJMSquirehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jmsquireComment on The Future's Bright<p>Pardon my ignorance, but what’s a hob?<br />This series has me wondering what’s going to happen next. I look forward to the next sequel.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/34562?basename=712502008-06-16T22:30:29ZAna Cristinahttp://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78