A Mastodon writing prompt story. These are science fiction short stories (usually 480 characters or less), based on an image generated by EW Doc Parris using MidJourney.

The stories are originally posted on Mastodon via my personal account.

Originally published April 29, 2023.

“There it is, right on time” I said.

“Wow! Never saw it in person before.” Pat was awestruck

“Yup, have to use SAMs now, planes can’t withstand the environment in the cloud. Hail’s been gettin’ worse and worse. Lost a buddy in one last year, storm tore the plane to shreds.”

“Hope this one works, then. Lots of folks over there who haven’t reinforced their homes yet.”

“Me too, Pat, me too. We best get off the lake now, get to the observation post.”