FF – And They are Us
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Dale Rogerson.
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Copyright Dale Rogerson
“Hey, they’ve switched on the floodlights! This is going straight on Twitter!”
“Um, this park doesn’t have any… argh!”
The mini-nuke had exploded high up in the atmosphere, producing a blinding light but very little damage. The resulting electromagnetic wave, however, fried every piece of electronics in the country.
People stood motionless, shocked, inner thoughts gone, minds disabled, spittle dribbling from slack mouths over blank screens.
Teens stood wide-eyed, unable to book an Uber, their homes an unreachable half mile away.
Unable to function. Brains frozen. Screens dead. Unplugged.
The zombie apocalypse has begun AND THEY ARE US.
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draliman on life 
HAHAHA! I’ve been predicting this for years! 😀
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And it has at last come to pass 🙂
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Without modern electronic conveniences, this is too true a story..
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For sure. I don’t use my phone much for “social” stuff but even I feel a bit lost and vulnerable without it.
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Yes I most certainly do too
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“an unreachable half mile away’ – depends what shoes you are wearing! 😉
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Ha, yes, I was thinking “trainers” but you’re absolutely right 🙂
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EMP magic. Bring it on, as long as I can still blog of course!
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I’m sure WordPress is immune 🙂
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Sadly, I can see that happening. Kids these days would be totally lost, as would most adults. Then, you’d all turn to us who know how to live without tech… us “Simples” would win in the end! YEAH! Great story!
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Yeah! Break out the Monopoly and the push-bikes!
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Funny you should say Monopoly… Hubby and I played last night. I won… $10k + to his measely little $300. Next time, He’ll probably trounce me. We do enjoy it. Oh, and we’re about to buy new bicycles… Maybe we’re experiencing our elder childhood. LOL!
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You’re all set for the coming apocalypse!
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At least the can opener still works. 😉
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Just my luck I’d probably have one of those electric ones 🙂
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I can’t wait for this to happen, that’ll teach those pesky kids.
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Let’s see how they get on in the “real world”.
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Not all that far from the truth 😉
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Nope. Just see what happens when a social network goes down. It’s like the world has ended. I never even notice!
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The funny thing is that the ones who sent the nuke where our friends, not foe…. We do need an anti-digital wake up call like that.
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A pretty extreme measure, but entirely warranted!
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Safe nukes? Cool
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I’m sure some of those suddenly phoneless would rather have been atomised on the spot…
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oh oh … I guess we’re writing these comments in an alternate universe … 😉
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Yeah, how’s your computer still functioning, huh, huh? 🙂
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From my little prince’s island … 😉
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like they say, technology is a blessing and a curse.
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A double-edged sword if ever there was one.
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I love this. It’s so deliciously creepy.
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There’s nothing worse than a phoneless teenager 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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AH! No a teenager without a phone is like a fish out of the ocean.
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Haha… I knew it!
Quite an inventive way to start the zombie virus 😀
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Much faster than all this “A bites B who bites C” nonsense 🙂
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Oh for a simpler life! A life where I don’t have to ask a 10-year-old to help me work my phone.
Here’s my story.
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Suddenly we’re current again!
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Dear Ali,
I’m not so sure the Zombie Apocalypse didn’t begin with the introduction of smart phones. 😉 The descriptions are spot on and you made me laugh out loud…well maybe cry a little bit, too.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
It is a pretty sad state of affairs. You hear of these stories where kids go on holiday to the country and fall into despair because there’s “no signal”…
I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Ali
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Yes! An apocalypse I am actually prepared for! Me and about several thousand very old people will rule the world…
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It will be ours bwahaha!
I jest but today I received junk mail from from the business arm of the charity Age UK trying to sell senior citizen insurance products, and as of next Thursday, I qualify 😦
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That sounds like the US’s version of AARP, which is a notoriously awful junk mailer… and who has been sending me crap to sign up since I was a teenager. I would assume the magic age is also 50. Uh oh, I hope you can still blog with a cane in one hand and an ear trumpet in the other…
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What’s that you say? Speak up, young man! No, I joke, I can still hear you until next week…
Age UK is actually a huge and very well respected charity. I think I’ll stick with my current provider for now, though. I don’t want to have to pay “stair lift premium” and all the rest.
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Wishful thinking…not of those youngsters though ..MOL 😀 Pawkisses for a Happy Thursday🐾😽💞
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No, those youngsters aren’t think anything at all… 🙂
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Funny and a bit weird!
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The same could be said of many of my stories!
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Love this story Ali, it’s really gripping- a strong message – not a word wasted. The descriptions are like satire – slack mouths over blank screens. Well done.
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Thanks! This one took quite a lot of editing to get it right. I’m glad you liked the end result 🙂
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Thant’s scary, Ali. Great description. I’ve never before heard that as the source of the zombies but it would be a good reason. It would certainly put an end to Brexit. 😀 — Suzanne
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I’m afraid many people are so wired in they would be lost without “the connection”. Anything which finishes off this Brexit thing would be great 🙂
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This is an apocalyptic situation, indeed.
I’m thinking there are a few of us that would be happy if this occurred every time family time was planned…
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Yes, that way you would actually get family time rather than “shared online time” 🙂
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Exackery!!
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Just like the day the power went down at the grocery store. No one knew what to do.
Garry paid with cash.
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Many people I know don’t carry enough cash for anything these days. I always have an emergency supply.
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Totally helpless is about right.
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The poor little internet-less lambs 🙂
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This actually made me laugh! I’ve often thought that if all electronics were suddenly disabled, the whole world was just fold up and die—except maybe for those who live too remotely to have internet access. Their lives would continue as usual.
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Ha, and those people who are “off the grid” probably wouldn’t realise anything had happened either 🙂
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That’s it then, end of life as we know it. Now for something a little better…
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Ha, yep!
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“…their homes an unreachable half mile away.” Oh, the horror!
So THAT’S how the zombie apocalypse will start. 😀
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There’s no way I’m walking a whole half a mile… 🙂
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LOL….so realistic!
Good job.
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Thanks! A bit scary too 🙂
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Indeed!
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Scary but true – this will happen if the phones stop working…
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Sadly I think you’re right.
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Thanks for following my site; you are very kind.
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🙂
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Thank you.
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Or maybe it was the other way around… the bomb saved us from the zombie apocalypse called “now”.
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Yeah. I’ve always hoped for “Apocalypse Later” (the never-made sequel).
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