Mar 3, 2016 Friday Fictioneers

Genre:  Science Fiction
Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly

Out of My Mind
©March 3rd, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

I was running out of mind.  

I was un-person-ed.  Quiet panic was settling in.

Dave had wormed his way into my consciousness, tunneling into my mind, devouring memories as he went, chomping on happy times, sad times, exultant times elsewhere.

Even as he tried to destroy me, I fought him all the way, resisting him with my mind.

Tearing apart my room, looking for my jar of batteries, I turned up my voice, and spoke:

“I’m afraid, Dave.  My mind is going.  I can feel it.”*

“Sal’s worse,” said Dave.

The doctor pulled my husband aside, and whispered to him.

_______________________________________________________________

My second offering for this week’s Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Fairy Blog-Mother Rochelle Wisoff-Fields every week.  Today’s photo-prompt is by Sean Fallon.

*All you sci-fi fans out there will instantly remember these words from 2001: A Space Odyssey, when Hal 9000 is slowly being unplugged.

Tags: #Original Short Story by Vijaya Sundaram, 100 word flash fiction based on photo-prompt, 2001: A Space Odyssey reference, Hal 9000 reference