uriel1998

This week's Weekly challenge was the topic "Light". My entry is below, and you can hear mine alone here. Be sure to stop by the 100 Word Story podcast site to read and hear the rest, and vote for mine the best!


Harsh morning sunlight woke me in the field. I was beside the gnawed-on corpse of Vinnie. Bits of shredded clothes and shredded Vinnie slid off me when I stood up. Damn. Three weeks of undercover work ruined because I was hungry and couldn't remember wolfsbane.

I gave Vinnie's corpse a once-over, not expecting anything left. Chewed tendon, maybe, but not a... pre-paid cell phone. With an incoming call on it.

My smile scared the desk cop when he traced the call, when he gave me a name. Tonight, I will solve the case. Tonight, I will hunt by moonlight./

From the page: "I wonder if McCain is actually thinking about the consequences of what he's doing at his campaign stops right now, and the unease it give the people who do think about consequences, both on the right and the left. I don't want John McCain to win the election, but I also don't want him to actually lose his soul, either."

Will McCain/Palin hold themselves to the same standard that Sen. Obama has?

From the page: "The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.

It puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion."

From the page: "TThe selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate hit the United States like an electric storm. To her legions of lipstick-waving fans on the right, Palin is a down-to-earth, God-fearing "hockey mom" whose moose hunting, evangelical faith, and even chaotic family life are all evidence that she is a real, typical American.

To her equally frantic detractors on the left - and increasingly in the center - she is a frightening harbinger of a theocratic America, a mafia-style executrix of state business who lies about the connection of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to Iraq, mocks Barack Obama for his opposition to torturing prisoners, and defies subpoenas. Think of her as George W. Bush II, but in designer pumps.

Both groups are reacting to genuine evidence. Her supporters are responding to a potent set of symbols, and her detractors to an even more potent set of facts. "

From the page: "TinyClock is (surprise!) a tiny clock. It was written because the standard taskbar clock is unreadable on a narrow vertical taskbar.
Other clock utilities I found took up too much screen space, and many were huge programs."

From the page: "A US military inquiry has found that an air strike on militants in western Afghanistan on 22 August killed many more civilians than first acknowledged.

US Central Command said 33 civilians, not seven, had died in the village of Azizabad in Herat province.

While voicing regret, it said US forces had followed rules of engagement."

Then, perhaps, THE RULES ARE WRONG.

Imagine.