Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction (Timely Tales 2)
Word Count: 100 words
TILT!
©February 17th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Time was lonely, and a-weary of her job.
The stars spun in their course around the Universe, even as it expanded quietly.
Planets formed, died, and were re-born.
Nebulae cradled baby stars, and supernovae interred them. Interminable darkness seemed to want to attract everything into its vortex.
Far away on a tiny planet, life poked its head out. It was beautiful. Time held her breath, fascinated.
Suddenly, she felt a presence. Turning, she stopped. She had twinned into something unimaginable. Her alter-ego, her brother, Death, stood beside her.
“So sad, isn’t it?” he murmured.
Things got more tilted after that.
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Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, Fairy Blog-Mother and Magic Presiding Spirit of Friday Fictioneers for hosting FF, and to Sandra Crook, wonderful traveller-writer, for that great photo-prompt!
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