OUT OF MORE THAN NOTHING

No light. No dark. No sound. No space. No matter. Nothing.

The Creator appears and sets to work. He gathers the very elements to create molecules. The molecules are combined into more substantial substances. From seeming nothingness, something is made. Earth. Water. Air. Fire. All combine to make a world.

Out of the world are created two figures; one cloaked in black, the other in the brown tones of the earth itself. The Creator names them Death and Life.

"You two are a part of each other. This world needs both of you in order to function properly.”

“What about you?” asked Death.

“I will remain here.”

“Always?”

“Always when wanted.”

Death nods. “I understand.”

The Creator rises above the world where all of creation can be seen.

The wind blows. Insects crawl. Birds fly. Beasts move. Grass grows. Life begins her work.

Death holds out a hand. A scythe appears, its edge sharp enough to cut sound into silence. The Reaper begins his toils.

Elizabeth Williamson Copyright © 2010

Anomalies.

Now it is time for a new topic.  A topic by me!   Ha ha ha!  Qu4k3 wi7h ph33r, n00bs!   Seriously, though, the topic is about anomalies.  Not just any anomaly, of course, I mean something that just should not be (or at least is perceived that way).  Often times when we write about things that are happening that are earth-shattering, our characters don't quite respond to it in a way that is truly realistic.   If someone found they could shoot linguine from their eyes, the response isn't going to be "whoa, that's way cool!"  They'd probably go into shock.  Ya know, like when someone dies out of the blue and you just didn't see it coming.  So that's it.  Write about something weird and the reactions of at least one character to the weirdity.  Ja ne.