50 WORDS

Transition

Thrifty Words Theme Challenge #15: Transition

I was miserably, deathly ill — a virus. The weirdest thing woke me up. Dead silence — velvety black existence. Somehow I knew: my heart had stopped. Perhaps a minute’s consciousness remained.

Afraid? No — I was angry. I breathed and told my heart to restart. Next time I might simply let go . . .

I absolutely love The Bad Influence, and I also love the challenges these 50-word stories present. Especially since I have no poetic gifts — I have to attempt clever prose.

Who to feature here? God, I love them all. Let’s see . . . well, Jonica Bradley was my inspiration:

Here’s another — perhaps my favorite writer/editor of all, Reuben Salsa (also an opportunity to see the rules for these articles):

I’ll stop with those two because I wanted to say one more important thing. My mind wanders sometimes, and in pops the thought that really, The Bad Influence is actually what Medium should be, and perhaps at times, was in the past. Wouldn’t that be a great spin-off? There are a few other remarkable publications that could join the party.