Death to the Innocents

by Stovohobo

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8/6/45
Hiroshima, Japan

The child watched as his mother raced for him from the other end of the street, her skin seared from the instantaneous wall of heat. His tears did little to soothe the agonizing flame licking at his flesh. His clothing burned off in a flash; the rest of his body followed.

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The instructor screamed for the students to duck for cover as soon as the mushroom erupted. In the longest few seconds the children had ever known, the windows blew out, the walls collapsed, bodies instantly puffed to ash. For eight hundred of them, it was the last thing they ever saw.

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A father roamed the scorched streets, stumbling in between the unrecognizable charred bodies. The last time he had seen his daughter was at the school, but the remains revealed nothing. He sobbed. The darker patterns on his clothing fused with his flesh, serving only to remind the dead that he was near them.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Death to the Innocents

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 10 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ouch…very painful and personal retelling of the event from very personal points of view.

  2. Death to the Innocents

    One Time, One Chance's Buddy Icon One Time, One Chance

    Posted 10 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    wow.. very well written, extremely tradgic event=o

  3. Death to the Innocents

    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted 10 days ago

    This is well written, Stovohobo, but what intrigues me most is that I had a dream very similar to this last night. I heard the Twilight Zone theme music as I read it! I remember waking up & thinking it should become a ficlet… Great descriptions and I really like how you format your stories for smooth reading.

  4. Death to the Innocents

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 8 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Hearing something like this from a personal point of view makes it all the more heartbreaking. Very well written.
    LoA

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