Escape from Tyranny - 50 word story

in #fiftywords6 years ago (edited)

Thanks @miniature-tiger I love this idea of trying to tell a story in just 50 words! Here goes...

ESCAPE FROM TYRANNY

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Travelling for days.

The smell of escape heavy on the breeze. A chill on the sea air like the incessant beating of a drum. A blood-red moon bleeds carnage upon my home, so we must away.

Hope had faded to invisible....

Then it appeared, humanity's last outpost, heavenly - the Island.

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Great job.

I can read bunches of these and still be impressed with the ability to create a whole story with 50 words.

The picture really helps it along.

Thank you @metzli I always enjoyed writing in my youth, but the technical career I pursued shelved that. Comments like yours give me the encouragement to continue to write, so thank you..

Great. I look forward to seeing more of your work :)

Great story. Very powerful images in such limited words. Thank you for sharing! :)

Thanks for the kind words and the upvote @felt.buzz Much appreciated

My pleasure! :)

Very nice. This is one of the better ones this week for me, I like how it has the beginning and an end, a complete little story. Good job!

I love this!!! I want to know more. It is so succinct but speaks volumes!

Thanks a million! Pretty cool to get more engagement on this one 5 years later! Cheers 😃