Damnit now I’m going to have that song in my head all day. Great story. Wistful. Makes me curious to find out when and how they lost hope.

Great sci-fi ficlet, ‘Hope’.. good ending. Enjoyable characters, cool conversation, nostalgic of the past.
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Thanks! I’ve been listening to Ziggy Stardust like crazy, and also reading some post-apocalypse SF, so I put the two together.

I guess Major Tom was in the ship :p

Most excellent. I give it 4 & 1/2 out of 5 blasted womp rats.

And visions of David Bowie, John Simm, and Philip Glenister began to dance in my head… awesome.

Great atmosphere. Couldn’t help myself.

damnit, david bowie is going to be singing in my head all day now. not to mention a few naughty moonage fantasies. interesting play on the ziggy stardust thing.
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damnit, david bowie is going to be singing in my head all day now. not to mention a few naughty moonage fantasies. interesting play on the ziggy stardust thing.
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Keep your mouth shut,
you’re squawking like a pink monkey bird
And I’m busting up my brains for the words

kickass and deliciously weird, to say the least.

I like that Matti’s first question was as to the name of the bar, rather than, say “why?”
Well deserving of fiveosity.

Very moody Wil, I like it! Kind of made me think of those space-drama animes like Cowboy Bebop (and I mean this in the best way possible).

It’s a god awful small affair to the girl with the mousey hair…

Great story, Wil!

Great story ! I am really looking forward to more Fiction from you.
Oh and thanks for introducing me to Ficlet.

Hmm.. intersesting. I liked this and how it’s a conversation! Nice job.
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Nicely done. Thanks for posting a link on your blog for it.

very good

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This wormed its way into my brain, and wouldn’t let go.

There’s something very awesome about that.

Love this. You should definitely write published fiction in the future. And as previous commenters have noted, David Bowie is now stuck in my head.

i don’t know that song, suprise suprise. let alone who this David Bowie is that everybody has mentioned in their comment.
oh well.
but i liked this nonetheless=]

nice. :)

I really liked the last line. Cool story!

Blood Red sky,I always wondered that too.

Luckily I am a country music fan so David Bowie is not stuck in my head lol Thats a pretty deep piece Wil. Makes me also think of what is going on with the melting of the ice caps up north, and reminds me of a book I read in school yrs ago, 1984. Excellent work my friend =)

I am embarrassed and ashamed to say that I am a Bowie fan (heck, a music fan in general), and I am not familiar with that song.
accepts appropriate beating humbly
I enjoyed the story, and I love the last line. Wonderful job!

A ridiculously good story. I love the bit about hope.