Flash Fiction Challenge – The Last Voyage
May 23, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story without ice. It can be a world without ice or a summer camp that runs out of cubes for lemonade. What does the lack mean to the story? Go where the prompt leads!
The Last Voyage
“Where are we going, honey?”
“Real estate office.”
“Again?”
“They have a new listing.”
“Anything bigger?”
“Yes, a living quarter of 300 square feet, a share of 8 square feet vegetable patch in the atrium, and a 5 square feet chicken farm.”
“How much time do we have?”
“Billions of people are living on house ships already. We’re the last group. The ice from Arctic and Antarctica is melting fast. The ocean level has raised one inch a year for centuries. The last pieces of ice will collapse any minute.”
“Our ancestors couldn’t perceive us living on house ships.”
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Flash Fiction Challenge: May 23, 2019 – The Last Voyage
Note: 300 Square Feet. It’s a good rule of thumb to visualize that 400 square feet is about the size of a two-car garage.
The Showers of Blessings 
Excellent post!!
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Thank you very much!
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It would be such a scary thing to leave dry land, to live on water. It has the feel of a Great Flood without end.
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Yes, it’s scary, as one said, it’s the second Noah’s Ark.
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Interesting, Miriam. It could be the solution to rising sea levels – Noah’s Ark all over again. 🙂
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I hope we won’t get to that point though, Norah. 🙂
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I do too!
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Excellent response to the prompt Miriam…hugsxx♥
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Thank you, Sally. We never know if this will come true…!! ❤
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Hi Miriam, I really enjoyed this and it kept me imagining how it would be. We better look after this planet
as even on a ship we can’t live without it.
Ice was a big factor for us where I grew up … might give this a go.
miriam
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As I am more of aware of the global warming, I thought of the Noah’s Ark.
We watch the nature documentary every night for three years now. Poor Polar bears, it’s harder and harder for them to find food because of no ice to walk on…
Thank you for stopping by and comment, Miriam
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This is so clever, Miriam. Well done.
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Thank you, Robbie. I’ve seen fictional movies inspired science. We’ll see if the future will come to that point.
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Great Post !!!
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Thank you so much, Fabrizio!
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nice
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Thank you so much.
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Well done, Miriam! 🙂
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Thank you, Bette! 🙂
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