Friday, June 18, 2021

A new story after years.

Lets consider this a warm up story. Using a random word generator I'll write a short story using the word: "Acid" This should be an easy one.


   "Where am I?" Those were the first words he could muster up. No Response. Coughing up blood and struggling to breathe he managed to get up. Looking around the dark room he started to notice that everything was made of metal. MANMADE he thought. He saw a mirror on the wall, so without hesitation went to check and see how bad he looked. "Well Brian this isn't the worse we've looked, huh?" he said to his reflection letting out a chuckle. Suddenly the wall next to him starts to lift up. Startled Brian turned and looked down the now revealed hallway. The smell of sulfur and vinegar entered the room, followed by blinding a light that slowly subsided. Coughing up blood again Brian wiped his eyes and looked down the hallway. To his unfortunate surprise there was a bridge. NOPE, NOT TODAY Brian thought as he gave the bridge a nudge and it started to swing. Underneath the bridge was an ominous green liquid. "That's where this god awful smell is coming from" Brian said to himself. Brian apparently had an epiphany because he walked over to the mirror and pulled it off the wall. Being careful not to cut himself Brian threw the mirror down into the suspicious liquid. LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS he thought as the mirror started to disappear into the liquid. "Acid" Brian said to himself. Even more cautious than before Brian started to take a step onto the bridge. He put his full weight on his front foot while holding onto the rope railing. THIS IS IT he thought as he took his back foot off the metal floor and onto the bridge. "Well I didn't fall through yet" he said taking his third and fourth step. Starting to build a little more trust in the bridge Brian started walking faster and faster eventually into a run. The instant Brian let go of the ropes to run faster his foot blasted through the step of the bridge. The poorly constructed bridge couldn't handle Brian's full weight crashing down and gave out. Falling, Brian could see the Acid getting closer and the smell of sulfur getting more breathe taking  until there was nothing. Smelling vinegar again Brian opened his eyes shocked to see he was back home surrounded by his friends. "What happened last night?" Brian asked a bystander "From the looks of it friend, you had a bad trip" they said laughing as they left. Brian putting it all together realized, He was "swinging" on his rocking chair and the smell of vinegar was from his french fries. The coughing blood was probably from the Drugs. Fin.