Friday, 26 October 2018


Just for an idea


How do you like the place?
It’s amazing…but…
I could die ten times…..but I would not leave….
When did you….?
Don’t remember…..perhaps three…four hundred years ago….burnt …at the stake
I never believed in ghosts…all my life.
It is a big shock!
I still can’t believe it.
Hardly matters, now.......
I was certain about everything….almost dead sure. I argued …with everyone…vehemently.
I can imagine. We all were…dead sure. And we suffered…. suffer.
When will it end?
You mean…will it end?
Yes.
Don’t know.
Wish I could have been less sure! It was not worth it.
Yes, it was foolish….getting burnt…. just for an idea.
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Word count 103
Post for Friday Fictioneers on a picture prompt.

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15 comments:

  1. Neil MacDonald26 October 2018 at 13:29

    Some would say there's nothing so much worth getting burnt for as an idea

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  2. Abhijit Ray26 October 2018 at 14:10

    Nice story.

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  3. Iain Kelly26 October 2018 at 19:09

    Nice take. I wonder are there some ideas worth dying for?

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  4. lisarey1990@gmail.com27 October 2018 at 08:14

    Lovely take.

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  5. Susan A Eames27 October 2018 at 14:00

    Fascinating take on the photo prompt! Well done.

    Susan A Eames at
    Travel, Fiction and Photos

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  6. Dale27 October 2018 at 20:53

    Most interesting take. I dunno that anything would be worth burning for, then again, I have never felt a conviction so very deeply...

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  7. Anonymous28 October 2018 at 20:44

    Nothing is worth getting burnt for, surely? Even the ghosts aren't a hundred per cent sure they did the right thing. Strong story. Jilly, Sugar on the Bee.

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  8. brudberg28 October 2018 at 22:10

    I don't know either... for us that come afterwards those that were burnt really did change the world...

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  9. Linda29 October 2018 at 02:10

    I think the greatest ideas--freedom, liberty to speak and believe as we choose--live as we choose--have the right to vote, or run for office if we choose---are worth fighting to defend. Preserving all that for my children and their children and children's children--Yes, worth fighting for. Even worth dying for. Burning is a horrible way to die, inflicted on a person who refuses the ideas of those who light the fires. This is a big topic, isn't it?

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    1. i b arora29 October 2018 at 09:22

      thanks for reading the story. but do things really change? its always a different form of tyranny that people suffer.

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  10. Brenda Cox29 October 2018 at 16:12

    A creative take on the prompt, I enjoyed the dialogue and the questions that were raised are thought provoking.

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    1. i b arora29 October 2018 at 18:20

      Giordano Bruno was burnt at stake for an idea that he propagated. i read the story in my school book and it haunted me like anything. the story was titled, an idea that moved the world.

      thanks for commenting

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