“Why are you afraid of the dark? Darkness is the natural state of everything. It’s the light that’s unnatural. When God said, ‘Let there be light,’ he was imposing an artificial reality on a universe that had previously only know known total darkness and emptiness, and every force in nature is currently trying to drive us back to that original point of neutrality. Everything around us is temporary, and at some point in the future we will all return to that initial state of nothingness. It’s inevitable.”
“Maybe,” his wife admitted. “But, I still want you to replace the lightbulb.”
G. Allen Wilbanks is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and has published over 60 short stories in Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, The Talisman, and other venues. He has published two story collections, and the novel, When Darkness Comes.
Made me laugh! I really didn’t see it coming!
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Love it. Before enlightenment chop wood, haul water, after enlightenment chop wood change lightbulbs
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Brilliant! Love the twist.
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Happy Friday, everyone. Enjoy.
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Good, funny ending. This reminded me of conversations with my dad in childhood. I would ask a question and he would give me an entire lecture on the topic, no matter what it was.
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Haha! Yes, I love this! Great ending!
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….and we still want GOD to replace the DARKNESS (though ‘screwing the light’ seems baked in, enlightenment-wise).
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Fantastic! Loved the ending.
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😂 That ending was completely unexpected! 😂😂😂
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Great ending, well set up 🙂
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