Flush—Six Sentence Story

There’s nothing out there that resembles what you’re looking for, Timothy’s inner voice said as he concluded his failed search for intelligent extraterrestrial life-forms wondering—Well, what about non-intelligent life?

There‘s none of that stuff either, the voice answered. Be grateful that there’s life as you used to know it still on Earth.

Well, what about those aliens in their fancy UFOs that beamed me up and experimented on me? he asked.

Yeah, they’re real, but I told you to stop messing with the demonic.

This conversation with his only remaining friend was all Timothy needed to flush away what was left of his feigned composure as he exploded like a supernova into a sequence of big bangs against the padded concrete walls while psych ward orderlies came in to strap him down for further experimentation.

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Denise offers the prompt word “flush” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

The Mediterranean Sea and Jaffa Beach in Tel Aviv, Israel

Author: Frank Hubeny

I enjoy walking, poetry and short prose as well as taking pictures with my phone.

33 thoughts on “Flush—Six Sentence Story”

  2. Oh my, I hope they can let him out soon! I laughed at “Well, what about non-intelligent life?” I immediately thought, we deal with non-intelligent life right here. Isn’t it good to know I’m saved, and I’m safe!!

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  5. Poor Timothy…those voices seem more real than reality! I like your description: “he exploded like a supernova into a sequence of big bangs”…whoa!

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  7. Nice one, Frank.

    I always thought there is some hubris involved whenever I am thinking that maybe humans are the only intelligent lifeforms of this universe.

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    1. We most likely are the only intelligent lifeforms assuming it is all the result of chance. The odds are against our even being here, but we know we are. Thank you, Nick!

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  8. Yow!*

    (Not that I’m the kind of Commenter to question any of the key premiseses of a good Six, such as the above. But I’d venture that the most controversial element in your story is ‘intelligence’ and the implication that this quality is of paramount importance when considering life).

    *compliment on a intriguing, if not, somewhat depressing tale of the risk to our inner selfs

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    1. It was depressing. I am trying to think of a way to rescue this character. I will have to make next week’s tale a tad brighter. Thank you, Clark!

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  9. … actually a good reflection on what it’s like to be mentally unstable – we need good care facilities – but I’m sure they don’t necessarily feel that way to those that are in them…

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    1. He was probably in one of the worst care facilities, but I agree that those who are mentally unstable should be treated with human dignity. Thank you, Margaret!

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    1. I haven’t seen Nefarious, but based on your review it sounds interesting. The demon may well be correct (although one can’t trust them to speak the whole truth) when he “accuses the lukewarm “religious” people (“having a form of godliness but denying its power.” – II Timothy 3:5) as being unwitting allies of the enemy.”

      We already have the victory through the blood of Jesus, but we can be deceived along the way.

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  14. Frank, with the lukewarm “chaplain,” Nefarious says, “I like you,” in a way that makes it clear the man is making the demon’s job easier, rather than posing any threat. Things in this film are presented the way they are in Screwtape Letters – in reverse. (God is “the enemy” here.) But as the accuser, the demon rightly charges the lawyer with murder, and at the point where said murder is complete, he declares “All hell is rejoicing.” The script is genius, in my opinion.

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