The End

by Kevin Lawver

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The end of the world was nigh and we all knew it. It wasn’t something we didn’t see coming. They foretold it for years – we’d lived too hard, pushed too far, caught on too late. Those who could leave had already gone, and the rest of us were left to record earth’s last gasps, which no one would ever read.

It was surprising to me, at least, how civil we remained right up until the end. The sky was as red as an apple, even at noon. The clouds were a deep purple. It was pretty if you could forget that this was the end of it all and may be the last thing we’d ever see.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The End

    Jason Garber's Buddy Icon Jason Garber

    Posted about 1 year ago

    I like this one, it reminds me a bit of Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach” except that that one dealt with the end of civilization due to nuclear war.

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    Holy Knight's Buddy Icon Holy Knight

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    That is beautiful. It actually wrenched at my heart a little to think that maybe one day it could happen and just how beautiful the world really is.

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    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 5 months ago

    End actually sounds more peaceful than in any other end of the world senario id read or seen in films and tv.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice creative jump from the picture. I kind of like the idea of the last dregs of society all quietly biding their time together, placidly awaiting an inevitable end.
    LoA

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    .:band baby:.'s Buddy Icon .:band baby:.

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    very nice story. its a little scary to think everything could just end but it has to sometime..
    LoA
    ((if you wondering why i’m reading this now it’s because i was curious as to what the story was that was tagged as the first published.. you know like “stories/1”? so yeah (=))

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    Eckhouse's Buddy Icon Eckhouse

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    (Nice to see I’m not the only one who was curious.)

    I could live with an end of the world such as this. Throw in a beer and a jacuzzi and I say bring it on.

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    Mask By The Moon's Buddy Icon Mask By The Moon

    Posted 4 months ago

    haha.

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    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    FIRST FICLET !! THAT IS AWESOME ! HAPPY BRITHDAY FICLETS !!! =D

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    J.B. Williams' Buddy Icon J.B. Williams

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I agree with eckhouse. The end being something like this…I could live, and subsequently, die with.

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    Lone Writer's Buddy Icon Lone Writer

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very Nice. I was curious too! It a little wierd to see this story’s date “about one year ago” maybe its just me…
    :D
    LoA

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    Apostrophe 's Buddy Icon Apostrophe

    Posted 3 months ago

    awesome pic.. And story to match.. Interesting how you portrayed the end of the world. For something that devistating you put a peaceful spin on it.

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    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    What a peaceful end of things.

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    flute faerie's Buddy Icon flute faerie

    Posted 2 months ago

    Yeah, I got curious too. Sounds like a very beautiful end, sad but ethereal.

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    ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○'s Buddy Icon ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Was this the first ficlets? Just wondering, because I thought I’d type in http://ficlets.com/stories/1 and this is what came up. Great ficlet by the way.

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    Overlooked_Merchandise's Buddy Icon Overlooked_Merchandise

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    peaceful all the way trough, it makes you think what the end of the world will be like….i would want to be one of the people still on earth when it ends, just to see what it’s like.

    and i, too, was curious what the very first ficlet was, and it was a NICE one too!
    LoA

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    Kevin Lawver's Buddy Icon Kevin Lawver

    Posted about 1 month ago

    This was indeed the very first ficlet. I wrote it before we even launched the site and liked it so much it was the first one I pasted in after we flipped the switch last year.

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    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted about 8 hours ago

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    I didn’t know this existed until now. Duh, I should have realized this by typing in “1” after stories/, but I didn’t realize it until John Perkins pointed it out. Interesting, that the first ficlet is about the end of the world. That’s one cool pic, by the way.

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