The Library
I am hungry for knowledge, so I will wait for you to leave.
Nothing will remain when I am finished.
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The Library
I am hungry for knowledge, so I will wait for you to leave.
Nothing will remain when I am finished.
Lovely, Michael, just lovely
Thank you Neil – I did keep wanting to add in more sentences, thankfully I held out against my ability to be rather wordy.
Good choice
That was unexpected, therefore even more stunning.
That is so kind of you. I had to fight myself, to stop myself adding more sentences.
Very understated spookiness. Wonderful.
I had to really struggled to stop myself adding extra material. I really value your comment.
That one is a plague all by itself. Loved this!
That is kind of you, I really wanted to add and add more detail, thankfully in the end I stopped myself.
A case of less is more 🙂
Dear Michael,
Into the mind of a locust. Nice.
Shalom,
Rochelle
I do not know what happened to the usual me? Not true: FF has helped me to constrain my natural ability to be wordy
This is a funny story. Both in its brevity and its content. I assume he’s eating the books and therefore hungry for knowledge? I think you should get the award for the shortest FF story. Well done. Awesome story.
Nice use of the prompt
Thank you for your kind comment. The words just landed right for me that day.
An omen, indeed. Scary.
That was how I felt when I first saw the beasty in the photo.
Short and sweet, or should that be short and chilling. Nicely done.
Thank you Iain
I too, love to devour books. Perhaps not in the same way…lol. I think Hemingway would have enjoyed this story. Well done.
That is very kind of you. I was thinking of Hemingway style as I penned this brief story.
I’ve heard of consuming knowledge, but that’s carrying things a little too far.
I do agree. When I saw the prompt picture I was hooked.
Great writing, Michael. It says it all!
Somehow when I saw the prompt picture I was hooked by brevity, unusual for me!
Wow. A huge tale told in only 20 words! Impressive 🙂
Thank you. Somehow brevity found a way to overcome my usual wordy self.
I like that idea – greedily devouring knowledge until there is none left for anyone else. Good choice, to keep it short, Michael – all the more powerful for it
Thank you Lynn, I appreciate your comment, I was rather worried about posting such a brief story
Books don’t stand a chance against this kind of hunger. Love the brevity of the story. It adds to the narrator’s conviction.
Thank you Magaly, I am grateful about your thoughts on narrator’s conviction and my use of brevity.
Very bold choice to keep it so brief, but it works very well. You pulled that off nicely.
That is kind of you. I was very tempted to flesh the story out more. Now I am pleased that I did not.
A thirst for knowledge so powerful, in the end it destroys!
Such a story can role and role. Your comment made me think, thank you.
Perfect!
Brilliant … reply
Stunningly short and perfect.
That’s kind, thank you Neel, for your vote of confidence, I was rather unsure about posting such a short story
That was brilliant, Michael! Proof a story can be told in so few words…
If only I could do it again. Thank you Dale.
You never know!!
Now I can live in hope.
Always!
So much in so few words – love it!
Sadly I am not known for brevity. So I thank you for your comment Clare.
Well Done!
That’s kind.
Yes! I’ve read the comments. I love my words, but I do find that when I splice and dice that the meaning is so much sharper. This is lovely!
(My dog believes in chewing up knowledge too, btw.)
Sascha, splicing and dicing often works wonders for me; . One collie called Sam who moved in with my family loved chewing ‘paper’ money!
20 words to cut to the quick…great stuff Michael!
Thank you Martin, it does not happen often with me.
Many of the comments are longer than your excellent piece – including mine!
My story is called ‘THE DETECTIVE’
I was lucky this time, perhaps my old age is slowing down the flow of words in my brain . PS, I smiled broadly when I read ‘The Dectective’ I loved the images that you created with this story.
Yes… there are many ways to consume a book
That’s so true, thank you Bjorn.
In just so few words you’ve created a little masterpiece which the reader can consume in various ways. Well done, very inventive and brave, I think.
Thank you so much Michael, but maybe I was foolhardy rather than brave.
I had to read some of the comments to get it; great puns!
I will often gain quite a lot from the comments which follow a story, I thank you for reading and commenting.
Welcome!
Michael! Wow! That’s all I have to say! Just plain Wow!
So kind, thank you.
A good example of less is more.
One always needs a bit of luck, with less to get it right, I had a lot of luck.
Succint.
You are to kind a wordsmith, thank you.
Short and effective. It contrasts just perfectly with the hugeness of the locust’s intention/boast.
That is kind – Thank heavens many boasts, do not come off. I do not like to see good books spoiled.
Wow, that’s perfect in its brevity. Everything else is left to our imagination. Applause.
Thank you so much.
Wow! Chilling in its brevity.
I had a little luck with this one, but thank you so much for your comment.
We all need luck and skill. You’re welcome.