1348 redux
a flash approx 86 wds9 total reviews
Comment from Pearl Edwards
So Lord Azit is planning on a new assault of The Plague. I think we've learnt a bit more since the last one.
A good flash fiction story Red from the supreme Gray One's POV.
Good one,
cheers.
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2018
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So Lord Azit is planning on a new assault of The Plague. I think we've learnt a bit more since the last one.
A good flash fiction story Red from the supreme Gray One's POV.
Good one,
cheers.
Comment Written 17-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2018
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The top ten dangers to humanity according to the web has Pandemics among the top five. The worst rat-inspired plague was in 1348, and killed millions. Thanks very much for reading my flash fiction.
Comment from Realist101
Oh no...if it isn't one thing it's another! Now rats are out to get us! I guess they might as well, but I hope not. I'll have to look up the number in the title. I'm not that well read. I have too many two legged rats to deal with! :/
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2018
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Oh no...if it isn't one thing it's another! Now rats are out to get us! I guess they might as well, but I hope not. I'll have to look up the number in the title. I'm not that well read. I have too many two legged rats to deal with! :/
Comment Written 15-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2018
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The year 1348 was the middle year of the worst pandemic of Black Plague. Born in the gopher rats of China, it came to Europe in fleas on rats on trading ships and killed one person out of two. My boy Azit has found an airborne viral version. Uh-oh.
Thanks for reading my rat tale.
Comment from humpwhistle
Nice job, Red. Even for those who don't recognize the significance of 1348, your last line will ring the bell.
Personally, I believe Lord Azit is being frivolous. Sooner, rather than later, we'll do his work for him.
A hope that's a Norwegian rat. (And Trump wants us to import more Norwegians)
Peace, Lee
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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Nice job, Red. Even for those who don't recognize the significance of 1348, your last line will ring the bell.
Personally, I believe Lord Azit is being frivolous. Sooner, rather than later, we'll do his work for him.
A hope that's a Norwegian rat. (And Trump wants us to import more Norwegians)
Peace, Lee
Comment Written 14-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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That's what my pappy called a Norway rat. I was reading the ten big fears, and pandemic was on the list. My research was
"What happened just after the collapse of Rome that sent the world careening into the Dark Ages? Asteroid strike leading to a mild ice age? Beast from the sea with seven heads and ten horns?" Anyway it set the stage for Azit's great to the umpty grandpa and his fleas, so I had to post my brainfart. Thanks very much for reading and reviewing, Lee.
Comment from frierajac
This one seems like a fairytale except for the illustration. It reminds me of one I read the 5th graders. Its a love story about a rat who falls I love with a Princess. I like your idea of the villain here and can see it continuing in a story.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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This one seems like a fairytale except for the illustration. It reminds me of one I read the 5th graders. Its a love story about a rat who falls I love with a Princess. I like your idea of the villain here and can see it continuing in a story.
Comment Written 14-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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1348 was the middle year of the worst outbreak of Black Plague. This time the boss rat is loosing a much more potent killer than the old version, which was a bacteria that only flourished in the filthiest conditions. 200 million people (out of less than 500 million total) died from the plague. Second worst? the Spanish flu pandemic in 1917/18, with 100 million worldwide.
Thanks for reading my sudden flash of horror.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written flash fiction. If there are one species, I would not protect at all it is the rat species, they can bring extensive damage to property and accumulate faster than we can get rid of them.
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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A very well-written flash fiction. If there are one species, I would not protect at all it is the rat species, they can bring extensive damage to property and accumulate faster than we can get rid of them.
Comment Written 14-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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Rats are like people in so many ways. They are warm-blooded omnivores, incredible survivors, and given half a chance they multiply explosively. No wonder my rat wanted to take over the world. Thanks very much for reading and reviewing.
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
This speaks a sudden, bizarre outcome at the fruition of the seed, devastation begins; well said, well done; thank you for sharing this with us. KEEP WRITING, TIP CHANGING. DR ALCREATOR
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2018
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This speaks a sudden, bizarre outcome at the fruition of the seed, devastation begins; well said, well done; thank you for sharing this with us. KEEP WRITING, TIP CHANGING. DR ALCREATOR
Comment Written 14-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2018
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I was researching the dark ages, which were terrorized by the plague, and this popped into my head. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This is a chilling write and where there is extreme poverty there are rats and the stench of the poorest places on Earth is where there is more premature death, two things I hate the most, rats and cockroaches, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2018
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This is a chilling write and where there is extreme poverty there are rats and the stench of the poorest places on Earth is where there is more premature death, two things I hate the most, rats and cockroaches, love Dolly x
Comment Written 14-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 15-Feb-2018
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The conditions were deplorable in the mid-fourteenth century, and the plague in it's three forms(lymph, blood, lung) killed almost one of two people, making the rat the deadliest animal alive. Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Creeeeepy, but clever horror story. So, we're to be taken over by rats with a magic poison seed. Rats killed million during the bubonic plague, and it seems they aere still trying. LOL! :)
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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Creeeeepy, but clever horror story. So, we're to be taken over by rats with a magic poison seed. Rats killed million during the bubonic plague, and it seems they aere still trying. LOL! :)
Comment Written 13-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 14-Feb-2018
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The magic seed is the new improved Black Death, one that can't be stopped by a few cats, a bar of soap, and a bottle of amoxicillin. One of the great scholarly fears is a pandemic like bubonic/pneumonic plague or Spanish flu, that's why they jump when you say ebola. 1348 was the middle year of the worst plague outbreak. Thanks much for reading and reviewing.
Comment from Gloria ....
Goodness me. Now there's a fine Rat if I ever saw one. Reminds me of Willard. This is a gripping and lean story, Ellijay and definitely within my attention span level. :)
Gloria
reply by the author on 13-Feb-2018
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Goodness me. Now there's a fine Rat if I ever saw one. Reminds me of Willard. This is a gripping and lean story, Ellijay and definitely within my attention span level. :)
Gloria
Comment Written 13-Feb-2018
reply by the author on 13-Feb-2018
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The black plague is easy to prevent and treat, with modern knowledge, which is why it's almost extinct. Willard has come up with a new airborne version to get rid of those pesky humans...makes Ebola look tame...thanks for reading my flash fiction. The idea hit me while I was reading up on the dark ages...
