Excellent ficlet. I love the way the world slowly unfolds into a science-fiction atmosphere. Splendid.

Futuristic holocaust survivor-ish. Like the worst of our history repeated itself far into the future. Amazing what you can dream up just from looking at a picture. Very cool Wil.

The snow-as-ash reminds me of Carmac McCarthy’s “The Road”. Very eerie imagery. I’m also reminded of Charleton Heston in the “Omega Man”, living in a high rise building fighting zombies.

Very nice.

I’d be very interested in reading more from these characters and this world. Looking forward to the sequels/prequels that will come from this.

Thanks, everyone. Ficlets won’t let me post comments, so if this goes through, I’ll add more later.

Clearly written – great example here of how to write descriptions without overusing adjectives / overdoing it…

I wanted to write something in the same universe as The Fifteenth, and I had this character, Nina, in mind, but I didn’t know where to start, so I hit the inspiration link.

When I saw this picture, I thought, “Hey, what if the won the war, but poisoned the planet? How would that feel?”

There’s a lot more that I didn’t put in her, backstory about Nina and her mother, but that’s beyond the scope of a ficlet, I think.

I’m not familiar with The Fifteenth, so I’m curious about this world. Nice use of the picture!

Really enjoyed it! It took me a second reading to catch what was going on, but I’m pretty sure that was my fault for trying to read something at three am. Not yours.

Good job! Glad your wrote another little piece of fiction :)

Great idea, reminds me of something Kurt Vonnegut Jr. might scribe—I’ve wondered if war is truly the answer to ending war, and unless I’m mistaken this world you’ve created is one that has achieved peace through war…? Thought provoking.

Wow…futuristic, in a way…sounds sorta like the plot of a movie my best friend and I made once. And the picture is perfect.
LoA

It’s a nice description of the value of family.

i love the black and white picture , it really sets the mood for your ficlet
your great keep writing!!!
mecca

Really damn good! And nice picture too… Formatted well too for an easy read. Great work!

Really good. The details and that world created unfolds to the reader with each word.
5stars

Vaguely heading in the direction of Accelerando-style civilization.
Maybe cyberpunk is getting outdated.
Techpunk? Infopunk? Need something catchy.

Wow. Just seriously wow. It always amazes me what people can pack into a mere 1,024 characters. A great read.

And, before I forget, I just love the term “psyked”. I don’t think I’ve seen that one before. I may have to borrow that the next time I write a ficlet with telepaths in it.