The air lay still and putrid, festering beneath a boiling sky.
No one breathed.
No one was left to breathe.
Who, then, would ever determine if the break-in was illegal;
or, if the existence of a biological warfare facility was?
No one.
©2021 Chel Owens
In response to Deb’s 42 Words #6: Crime.
Chel Owens 
Wow! you’ve done an amazing job in a very short space: terrifying — and what a startling, evocative pic !!!
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Thanks, John!
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Well done
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Thanks!
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I agree, excellent 👌
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Thanks, Willow!
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Always a pleasure 💜
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Good one!
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Thanks!
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So sinister! A great take on the prompt and you found the perfect image. 🙂
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Chernobyl for the win?
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LOL.
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😳 well done!!
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Thanks!
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I’ve read this again: it’s a dark and sinister provocation of a story: I am amazed at its economy — every word, and there are few, is in service to the total effect 🙂
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Again, thank you. It came together well.
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“WHO”? indeed. Some believe that *cough, cough* some regulatory agencies are – jokes.
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Yeah…. it’s scary what’s in the hands of which sorts of people…
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