PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
“So, what does it do?” Alex shifted the weight on his shoulder for balance while looking at the giant glass “Tetris” piece. The sun was just coming up. Time was running out.
“It doesn’t do anything,” said Giselle. “It’s just another tourist trap.”
“La Tour du Port de Montréal.” Alex sighted in on the center of mass through his viewfinder. “A waste tax money.”
“I think it’s pretty.” Giselle smiled coquettishly.
“It comes down,” snarled Alex.
“Pity,” frowned Giselle.
“For mouvement souverainiste du Québec.” Alex pulled the trigger on his portable rocket launcher. The explosion and collapsing tower were spectacular.
Cover art for the anthology “Fantastic Schools Familiars”
It’s Wednesday and time again to participate in Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ 3 October 2025 edition of Friday Fictioneers. The idea is to use the image above as the prompt for crafting a poem or short story no longer than 100 words. My word count is exactly 100.
Once I found out the image was of The Port of Montreal Tower, for some reason, I recalled the Quebec sovereignty movement from the 1960s and 70s. The rest wrote itself (I’m sure this would never happen).
To read other stories based on the prompt, visit inlinkz.
October holds two upcoming publications, both containing one or more of my short stories.
Cover art for iSoldiers anthology by Shacklebound Books.
“Fantastic Schools Familiars” will feature my short story “Dead Cat Fever.” What happens when a fifteen-year-old girl must retrieve a stolen magic book from a murderer? What happens when her only ally is a dead cat possessed by a demon?
“iSoldiers Anthology of Military Science Fiction” will contain four of my military SciFi drabbles. The skill to create those “100 word” stories was honed right here on “Friday Fictioneers. Preorder at Amazon for delivery to your Kindle device October 10.
There are more announcement coming up but I can’t talk about them until the contracts are signed and I get the publisher’s permission. Stay tuned.
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Oh yes, I’m sure it could never happen. Humans are so good at respecting each other and their shared past.
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Okay, it could happen, but I don’t mean it as a serious prediction.
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Good job in finding out what the tower is…shame you blew it up!😄
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In fiction, all is good. Thanks.
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🙌
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loved your story
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Thanks.
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Reminded me somehow about 9/11 as it just went by…
Hope we don’t blow up any more such buildings
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I’m sure someone will sooner or later. Thanks, Anita.
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Ugh… I hate that you went there (even if you wrote it well). The souverainistes are still around and we listen to them still whine about separating. Shoulda titled it Vive le Québec Libre – that would be right on the money 😉
Well done sir!
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Thanks, Dale. My French is entirely copy and paste from the internet.
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Oh, I get it. But further to all that brouhaha in the 70’s the French president came and stirred the masses with his “Vive le Québec Libre!” 🙂
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Damn
That’s one way to resolve an issue. The beliefs of people leading to such massive destruction never achieves what they think it will. Nicely written
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It never resolves anything, Laurie. It’s like two street gangs attacking each other. Retaliation and escalation continues.
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oh no, it wasn’t the ending that i was expecting. 😦
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Those are the best kind. Thanks.
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Alex sounds like a traditionalist when it comes to buildings, but then again he is in a revolutionary mood.
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Especially when he launches rockets.
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A bit trigger happy, non?
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Very.
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Dear James,
Yep. It’s pretty, let’s destroy it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Agreed. Fire!
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Oh wow!
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Thanks.
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With all that glass i am betting the explosion would be marvelous to witness! heheheh
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Stunning. 😀
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