Waves of fear crashed into each other as the channels flared. Amalgamated with misinformation, conversation is battered by a violent storm of hate and confusion. A whore corrupts, but her name isn’t Sandy.
****blogger’s note****
After trying to write other fiction and work on my novel for a couple of hours, I became distracted by Sandy the Storm and other news. I love conversation and the exchange of different, even conflicting ideas. But the way television does it, and some people we know online, hurts us. This 33′s for Trifecta Writing’s “WHORE” –
http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/
The perfect song for the night and the times is the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Couldn’t Stand the Weather. I stole his metaphor, composed by him in 1983.
oooo I like it.
thank you
oh, Lance . . . tonight’s “reports” were so whorish I had to turn them off and rinse them out of my head. I really hate how we feed on other folks’ misfortunes. sigh
yeah, it was pretty awful
So true, so true, and written short, sweet and concise.
thx
thank you miss thunder
Awesome, as always.
Do you think the news was always like this or do you think we just notice more now because of the constant stream of media? Or because we’re old and cranky?
both…it was already slutty and whorish when I worked in it in the early 90s, but now they make money in specific ways, off people’s strife and avarice and fear. Thank you
Some might think you’re referring to our recent political crap storm? Excellent 33 words.
Another unique take on the prompt. Waves of fear, conversation is battered, very nice. What a creative way to incorporate one storm with another.
thanks for “getting it!”
I like that the storm can be different things. To me, it applies to politics or sensationalized reporting and exploitation of victims.
yes it can and yes this was. thank you janna
amazing. short and delicious.
thank you
Punchy and to the point – and the same kind of thing might work for the election. Good writing!