This is a piece for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo prompt, which you are to write a full story about in 100 words or less, is by PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook. I hope you enjoy my take. There are many others here.
Lighting the Way (100 words) by Scott Vannatter
Sam and the others walked outside to gather round the “lampost” that had dropped form the sky and stuck in the middle of Elm street. All were trying to figure out where it had come from.
“Hurricane,” yelled one.
“Airplane,” hollered another.
Sam was just starting to get his head wrapped around it when the light began to glow. It got brighter until no one could look at it. Then, abruptly, lightning bolts sizzled out of it and struck every house on the block.
Sam thought, “Aliens,” when he realized there where fires on other blocks, too.
It had begun.
Namaste,
Scott
