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Armageddon

Maybe it's not as bad as you imagine!

13 total reviews 
Comment from John Ciarmello
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Exceptional, my friend, Congratulations on your win with this beauty. I enjoyed the read and the fact that Beebee B. might be doing your Mother-in-laws's makeup was a brilliant touch. Loved it! Best, JohnC

 Comment Written 16-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 16-Sep-2022
    There is no bottom to a woman's revenge fantasies, John...

    Thanks for the really nice review!
reply by John Ciarmello on 16-Sep-2022
    LOL! I've been around long enough to know but not nearly long enough to learn! LOL.
reply by the author on 16-Sep-2022
    Here's my husband's summary:
    "You're never even, are you, Honey?" [ding, ding, ding...]
Comment from Teri7
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This is a very well written flash fiction story you have penned for the contest. You used very good descriptive words and the ending was the best. Best wishes in the contest. Teri

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    I couldn't appreciate this more! Thank you!!
Comment from Susan Newell
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This is delightfully entertaining. Nothing like going out in a blaze of glory. Loved the fiance' and Beebee Baboom who goes so well with the Detonator of Doom.

Delightful read with exceptional writing skills.

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    Oh, you sweet talkin' reviewer, you!!! Thanks!
reply by Susan Newell on 08-Sep-2022
    You got my vote.
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    This just made my day! Thank you!
reply by Susan Newell on 08-Sep-2022
    You are welcome. I hope my vote helped.
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    ABSOLUTELY it did!!!! Thank you!
reply by Susan Newell on 08-Sep-2022
    Yes! You have a strong lead.
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    WOOOOT! I haven't been checking, so this is good to know! Thank you for making that possible. xo
reply by Susan Newell on 08-Sep-2022
    Just one vote.
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    HAHAHAHAAHAH!! You slay me.
Comment from Sally Law
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I am feeling sick for a six. Normally, I would bookcase this and promise a six as soon as the clock ticks Sunday. However, due to the impending Doom, and lipstick writing on the wall, I will vote for you instead. Tell Tom the Administrator to hurry this contest along before we get blown to smithereens.
Your fan,
Sal XOs

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    HAHAHAHAHAHA!! I love you so much.
Comment from Tom Horonzy
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Maybe I'm slow, but as I read along joyfully all was well and then the "tick tick tick" came along and I asked WTH? I missed what you intended I guess. ..................................................................................................

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
    That tick, tick, tick is the sound of the Detonator of Doom. The narrator's instinct hears it inside her head because, all in the same span of time: her fabulously wealthy mother-in-law, who's never been nice to her, suddenly calls and invites her on an all-expenses-paid-the-sky-is-the-limit shopping spree, she recognizes her Big Financial Man ex-fiancee as a vagrant outside the stores she's about to enter with the aforementioned wealthy MIL, the stripper he left the narrator for is the make-up-counter clerk inside the store. Said stripper is now huge as a dinosaur and wearing make-up like Ronald McDonald's...and her MIL is about to demand SHE, the MIL, get said ex-stripper/make-up counter girl to make HER face up just like it.

    No one is so lucky that all their revenge fantasies come true in an hour's time. So the narrator knows that the end of the world is at hand. Tick, tick, tick goes the Detonator of Doom. But at least she dies well-dressed and happy.
Comment from Thesis
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This was a very unusual take on the Doomsday contest, but it was humorously written. At least the character Sarah was well dressed when it all ended. Nicely done.

 Comment Written 07-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 07-Sep-2022
    It's true! Plus, her cheating ex had become a toothless derelict and the stripper who'd lured him away had become huge and wore clownish make-up...that her nasty mother-in-law wanted to emulate. Few among us have even ONE of our fantasies materialize, let alone all at once AND right before the world ends! This was kind of a theme-and-variation on a Disney movie almost, right?!

    Thank you for your appreciating review! It was so nice to read.
Comment from Wendy G
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A very humorous and imaginative story. You wrote it well, and linked the past with the present very well. Best wishes for your clever entry in the contest.
Wendy

 Comment Written 07-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 07-Sep-2022
    Thanks! A little slant on the prompt, but you gotta follow the muse, right?!
Comment from jessizero
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Your story was captivating and entertaining, despite being about the end of the world. I almost laughed at some of those lines. Thanks for sharing, and best wishes to you.

 Comment Written 04-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
    You SHOULD have laughed!! Read it again, Jessi; don't hold back.
Comment from lyenochka
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Lots of end of the narrator's personal world judgment happens in the poem! I liked that the previous fiance had become a hobo and the woman he left her for was a T-rex who applies makeup like Ronald McDonald.
Lots of fun in this piece. Hope this does well in the contest!

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 Comment Written 04-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
    Yes; it was easier for her to accept the end of the world was so close at hand with all those perks right before!
reply by lyenochka on 04-Sep-2022
    When I was in Israel, I was so surprised that the "Har Meggido" was really more of a hill compared to the mountains in the US. It's hard to put things into perspective without being there. 😊
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
    Yes!!!! This is so very true! Did you live in Israel, or just visit? My ex-husband was a Sabra (from Bat Yam, just outside Tel Aviv). I used to be Orthodox!
reply by lyenochka on 04-Sep-2022
    No, it was just a visit. We had a writer here who lives in Israel but she's not writing now. Don't know if you knew Muffinmama.
reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
    Nope. Somehow missed her!
Comment from evilynne
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Oh, that is very, very funny. It is well written. I'm not sure about the end of the world, but I think we know where Sarah is headed. Best of luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 04-Sep-2022

reply by the author on 04-Sep-2022
    Hahaha! Good one!