Two Stories on Space
Author's Note: I wanted to try to write the same story in two different microfiction formats. To make them noticeably different I went with the six-word story and then did a drabble. My process was to write a six-word story over the first topic I could come up with, and then try to build a drabble from my six-word story.
Morning Routine
Wake up, red dirt, rosy sky.
Morning Routine
In the morning I wake up a little after sunrise. The work I do is usually not time sensitive, but I try to get an early start. For breakfast I fry potatoes and scramble eggs. No matter how much my doctor warns me it is still hard to not oversalt my potatoes. I set my dishes in the basin and stretch just a bit, looking out the window the skyline is dominated by short buildings. The ground is full of red rocks, the sky is a beautiful rosy color, and within view are small patches of man-made blue.
Picture of Mars sunset taken by NASA rover, spirit, showing the rosy sky obtained at npr.org
Wake up, red dirt, rosy sky.
Morning Routine
In the morning I wake up a little after sunrise. The work I do is usually not time sensitive, but I try to get an early start. For breakfast I fry potatoes and scramble eggs. No matter how much my doctor warns me it is still hard to not oversalt my potatoes. I set my dishes in the basin and stretch just a bit, looking out the window the skyline is dominated by short buildings. The ground is full of red rocks, the sky is a beautiful rosy color, and within view are small patches of man-made blue.
Picture of Mars sunset taken by NASA rover, spirit, showing the rosy sky obtained at npr.org
