Time Is On My Side

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.

Larry had spent years trying to outrun the clock, only to realize time hadn’t sped up….it had simply stopped.

He found the first proof on Saturday morning, stepping into the crisp autumn air. The world hadn’t shattered or faded; it had merely caught its breath mid-exhale. A stray yellow leaf hovered inches above the dirt, refusing to surrender to gravity. Even the morning’s chores seemed locked in quiet rebellion against the forces of nature.

Larry smiled, pulling his coat tighter against the chill. For the first time in decades, there was nowhere left to be, and nothing left to finish.

NAR©2026
100 Words

This is “Time Stand Still” by Rush

13 November 2026

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