Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes.
The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in his picture (below).
This may come as a surprise to my reader, but I spent a large part of my life in IT, and met one or two ‘wizards’ along the way.
Click on this link to enter your tale, and see what others have written.
Below is an example of what I call Sound Bite Fiction.
Copyright Al Forbes
Wizard
I see the other parents looking at me when I go to pick up my son from school.
I usually dress down, but I have come straight from a meeting.
I am wearing a Kiton suit, which costs more than most of their cars.
I am driving the Lamborghini, which costs more than most of their houses.
As I watch the kids explode through the doorways in little bundles of shrieking hyperactive joy, I remember this is where it started, just a few years ago.
I am an IT wizard with a background in Chemical Engineering, so once I had the idea the rest was relatively straightforward.
When I took my prototype to Big Oil, they went crazy bidding for my process so they could bury it forever.
None of their analysts discovered my energy source, of course.
They don’t think the way I do.
They probably have a few scruples too, which would prevent mass production.
For my demos, I only needed to extract the life force from a handful of street kids.
Lovely story and inspiring too. 🙂
Thank you for visiting, Maria, and for taking the time to comment.
A wizard with words and disguises!
You are too kind, my dear friend.
XOXO
Ah, if only it were so. We’ve got a few neighborhood brats I’d happily volunteer for the process!
Bit of a sweetheart really, aren’t you, Dave???
You have me chuckling!
Just a frustrated Dark Lord at heart, if only I had some Orcs to work with.
Okay, but don’t let them eat too many of my power sources!
Nothing like a little life force sucking to make it all come together
A man’s gotta do …
Thanks for your comment, I hope you enjoyed my little tale.
I did
Like draining the life force from a Podling… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w7zFfMr_Dc
Jings, that is freaky.
I like to think my approach is a tad more scientific!
But thanks for spoiling my breakfast…
😜
I do hope so! (All jokes aside, The Dark Crystal is a good movie!)
All jokes aside???
Tried that once, didn’t like it.
Alrighty then!
Very clever idea, with a very good ending 🙂 I love it!
Thank you, Angie, a comment like that just makes my day!
Yowch! Dat ending! Absolutely brilliant
Cheers, Al, good to see you here again.
Thanks 🙂
Reblogged this on anelephantcant and commented:
AnElephantCant be a porcupine
A kangaroo a shark or a lizard
Or a cat or a bat
But with a big pointy hat
AnElephant can pretend that he is a wizard
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