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Logan the Lobotomizer's avatar

“Eruption”

Dennis woke up to the sounds of rumbling, screaming, crying, and sizzling. Dennis looked outside his window — purple smoke billowed out of a glowing amethyst volcano in the heart of the city. Indigo lava studded with crystalized charred bodies flowed through the streets. Violet flames swallowed his apartment. The air tasted like burnt lilacs. Scuffed wooden boards beneath him disintegrated.

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

PROMPT: VOLCANO

THE ERUPTION

It was just a faint rumbling at first.

But it was enough to let him know something was wrong.

Very wrong.

A massive eruption was on the way.

He was certain of that.

And he was dreading it.

Stupid curry… 🌋😎🌋

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Arnaly Arriaga Blanco's avatar

As always, it's so awesome to see other writers' takes on the same prompt!

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Ken Beyer's avatar

Many Thanks to Miguel The Fiction Dealer for the mention. Truly a most unselfish writer who encourages us all!

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Miguel S.'s avatar

❤️ Sure thing, Ken :)

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Carolyn Jones's avatar

Great stuff

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Morf Morford's avatar

I live in an area with an active, though currently slumbering, volcano in the distance.

It is beautiful in the shimmering sunlight.

And moonlight.

But if it fully awakes, it will murder us all in its ten-thousand thunders of fury.

Every person, tree, or wild animal.

Every bush. Every insect. Everything that moves or breathes.

This is my home.

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Your glance splits the earth beneath me,

a fault line drawn in fire,

pressure mounting beneath my ribs,

an unstoppable force waiting—

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Your fingers etch fissures

along landscapes long thought still,

whispers of heat curling at the edges,

the air thick with what’s to come—

.

Your lips ignite

forbidden borders,

turning silence to liquid,

melting resistance into something molten—

.

Your touch is the tremor before the ruin,

the language of combustion and collapse,

each caress a spark—

and I, the mountain undone.

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Exquisite! 😎

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Thanks!

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Bill Ferguson 🇨🇦's avatar

Spittle was escaping from his lips and flowing down his chin. The volcanic eruption had started.

“Quick! Ice Cream!” yelled my wife.

At the words Ice Cream the seismic tremors subsided. His eyes searched for the one thing that would distract him today.

“Okay?” I asked.

My mute son nodded. Learning to communicate was difficult but improving slowly over time.

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olivia s's avatar

Microdosing Fiction - 60mg of a Volcano

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The background low-tone noises vibrated the ground, and she could feel them in her head. But all of those faded instantly.

She was frozen, standing, watching the projectiles of thick fluid in orange and golden colours. The bright, scary droplets travelled through all different directions.

Someone else entered the pub’s loo and gasped.

The vomiting girl glanced at them apologetically.

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Logan the Lobotomizer's avatar

The new format is a good idea, Miguel.

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olivia s's avatar

I agree.

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

Miguel, thank you. I am very humbled to find my name between all those seasoned writers mentioned.

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

60 mg of a Volcano

A volcano, long simmering, sealed tight.

A familiar feeling, quiet heat below.

Layers of hot-cold rage, unmoving.

Anger, sorrow, waiting.

Then—warmth spreads, stone softens.

Boundaries shift, edges blur.

What was frozen finally melted.

No rupture, only release.

Ash settles, gentle, light.

Not ruin—fertilizer.

From softened earth, roots reach deeper.

Change unfolds, steady and sure.

New growth emerges, silent, strong.

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Tiffany Harris's avatar

Thank you for the shoutout! Just posted mine in a bundled note as I've missed a few days :)

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Gerard DiLeo's avatar

60-word “Volcano”

To please God, they threw me into their stupid volcano. Doing it in secret, just between them and God, they threw me into their stupid volcano. They wanted their stupid offering to be irrevocable, so into their stupid volcano I went. But sacrifices come from the irrevocably stupid; God was offended. He vomited me and magma to sacrifice them instead.

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Gerard DiLeo's avatar

Yes. Especially blind devotion being “stupid.” Thanks again.

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

Gerard, your take on the prompt is sharp, and I see what you’re doing with the repetition. The structure reinforces the absurdity of blind devotion, and the ending flips the power dynamic effectively. The word choice leans into the theme without over-explaining. A strong 60-word piece that lands its point with precision.

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Gerard DiLeo's avatar

Thanks for such insight! I’m flattered.

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

Wasn't it, even unconsciously, intended like that?

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Teyani Whitman's avatar

Thanks Miguel! It’s an honor to be included amongst all the super authors who play along🤗

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Rhumond Tonique's avatar

60 words on "volcano"

Trump and an unelected oligarch are destroying democracy. People will lose jobs. People who depend on us for aid will die. Women, non white people, and gays will lose their rights. Medicare will be cut. Environment - doomed. They will rob us blind. They hate us. We hate them. I don't know where I'm going to go when the volcano blows.

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

Rhumond, your piece is raw and unflinching. The urgency is unmistakable, and every word drives it forward.

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