Thank you to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for all her work and organization. You can visit her site and read through the other Flash Fiction Friday postings at:
http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/14-december-2012/
For those who are new, Rochelle shares a photo prompt to which several #FridayFictioneers compose a 100-word flash of fiction. Fly away with me.
Here’s my contribution:
Say Goodbye
She’s a beaut, he thought, setting his torch down. With lover’s lips he blew on the cooling joint. His device was finally assembled.
Ratchet checked the laptop then eyed the soft cumuli.
“It’s time” flashed upon the screen with a ping.
The cylinder hissed cold on Ratchet’s palm as he torqued it to the armed position. He reassured himself this was the only way to limit the infection. Yes, the chemistry posed concerns, but the side-effects were purportedly within biological tolerances.
He released the contraption and watched it drift higher as something thicker than tears began to clot his vision.
jKb
The Bradley Chronicles 