Pic by Ted Strutz
‘Dammit, Mark! Your grandfather is at it again,’ Lola screeched from the garden.
‘What is it now?’ Mark threw away his newspaper in disgust and trudged out.
‘Aha! Look at my masterpiece, Marcus. I call it Wheels,’ his grandfather, Derrick, declared.
‘Oh no! Not my limited-edition CDs. What have you done?’
‘Your CDs? Mark, the old man has effed up our bicycles.’
Derrick scrunched up his nose, ‘I need a flywheel, Marcus. To balance the rotational frequency.’
Mark sighed and gave up.
A million mile away in space, the alien warship experienced sudden resistance in its trajectory towards Earth.
Derrick smiled as he removed the wheel cover from Mark’s Honda.
Many Thanks to the lovely Rochelle Wisoff – Fields for hosting the weekly Friday Fictioneers. This week’s prompt was weird to say the least and I’ve tried to write something just as weird. 😉 As ever, to read other entries, click here.
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L.E.R.T 
It looks like grandpa knew what he was doing after all. Good writing, Varad. 😀 — Suzanne
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Very innovative and creative!
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Brilliance often seems senseless to those who don’t have “the vision.” Great writing!
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One of your very best Varad. Nice innovative bit you did with the CDs. Greatly enjoyed this and HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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I am so glad that you went there with the CDs being someone’s treasure – and just the way things were foraged that were not all junk – and then the saving at the end was good.
🙂
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Lovely piece and thank the lord for the crazy genius saving the world from his back garden
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Rotational frequency is important.
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Ohhhh, that one is a gem! Great story!
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The sad thing is, those complaining about their CDs and bicycles will probably never know what he has really done! Great story.
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An innovative take. The universe is such a small place. 🙂
Happy New Year.
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No one appreciates a true genius 🙂
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An example of the butterfly effect? Nice story, Varad!
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Well, that’s different! Nice one.
Click to read my FriFic!
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That is an interesting twist..
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Was it a coincidence ?
Brilliant concept and wonderfully written, Varad!
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So we never know what other objects the energy we generate will impact. Or did the old man know? A unique take on the prompt.
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Dear Varad
This put my brain on spin cycle. Clever story. Love the dialogue.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Excellent story. The world can be saved after all!
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Haha! That’s brilliant. I wish I’d have thought of this one.
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Now that’s thinking outside the box! Well done.
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Crazy genius. 😀
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Who would have guessed that the world can be saved by a hubcap… 🙂
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Truly imaginative.
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Love it
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