No Batteries Required
100 words
“Load ’em up, Charlie,” me says to meself, “Townies dint figure to listen. We knew it’d come to Us.”
Stacks, piled high helps brace them walls of the shanty. Charlie, he quicker, he swipped ‘em off ole Mar-dee. Frem ‘er windowsill, nonetheless. Townies kent see the future like We can.
“All hooked up on ‘em talkers, en dem folks dint kin it…”
“Listen, man,” Charlie, he says to me, “I can’t keep coming here like this – entertaining your breakdown. Enabling this morbid nightmare. Those batteries I bring you are dead. There’s no computer revolution. No robots on the street.”
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curiouser contemplations 
Clever. The future or not? I like your take on this prompt
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Thank you for the comment, SolotheFirst! I was thinking of mountain “hoarders,” and small town WV refusal to accept technology.
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Ooooo yes indeed, technology rufusal is an interesting issue.
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This is such a wonderfully narrated story! Great premise, too.
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Thank you, Dreamer! Glad you liked my perspective. Flash fiction is so refreshing in brevity
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I’d love to escape to a technology free place for a while.
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Thanks for the comment, FabricatingFiction! Small breaks from technology are refreshing. Here in WV, we rent a cabin once or twice a year in Seneca – lovely natural rocks and the most beautiful change of seasons. I can’t handle more than a weekend, though – lol Charlie’s friend with the batteries isn’t too far from TrueLife!
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Sounds fabulous.
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You wrote this with such a strong voice. It really makes me think of all those doomsday preppers and hoarders tv show personalities. Well done!
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Thank you, D3athlily!
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Brilliant. I love the characters in my head as I read this.
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Thank you, Stephanie!
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I would guess there are people, as you say, who refuse to go along with progress. Sometimes I get tired of the trouble it causes myself. Someone once said the more complicated things become the more problems you have with them. Well done, Madame. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thank you for the comment, Suzanne! I’m for progress, but even I remember how peaceful life was without cell phones.
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I like the dialogue and the writing style. I enjoyed your story, too.
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Thank you, Kathy!
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