The radio wolves hunt in invisible packs. They are prowling,
predatory creatures of air and electromagnetic waves.
That soft, crackling interference on your phone is their
footsteps in fresh snow. That high-pitched whine you hear, sometimes, is their
distant howl.
They circle closer, waiting to attack...
And when they do they will pass through you, paws and claws
and teeth of trickery, nothing but the faintest flicker in the fields that
encircle the Earth. But they will strip the brainwaves from you, rip your soul
right out.
Don’t blame them, they are what they are. Symptoms of the
system. Hungry.
Oooh horrible I'm never listening to the radio again or talking on the phone - you believe me don't you? ^_^
ReplyDeleteHa ha! It's not me you have to convince, Helen... ;)
DeleteThank you for tacking a new fear onto my already mammoth list. *glances nervously at wireless router*
ReplyDeleteWait. Should I be afraid of mammoths, too?
Everyone should be afraid of mammoths. They'll decide to build Pleistocene Park and it'll get out of hand and they'll somehow get back to the mainland and run wild.
DeleteHave you seen what a mammoth can do to a shopping mall!? O_O
^_^
Stop it. I'm already writing a Gryphon story.
DeleteWAIT. Can Gryphons and mammoths be combined in one story?
(I was about to call you "John Xero, fictional troublemaker," which is not what I mean, but that's also pretty funny)
I like 'fictional troublemaker', puts me in with some rather good company... ;)
DeleteCombined...? You mean, like... the head and wings of an eagle, the body of a mammoth? What a ponderous and terrifying thing that would be... ;)
I know a problem shared is a problem halved ... but I'd rather you'd kept this idea all for yourself, John.
ReplyDelete=D
DeleteBut... it's good to share... ;)
Thanks, Sandra. =)
Chilling! Because it could definitely be a reality.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Natalie. =)
DeleteLoved the concept here, and the mix of natural and technological imagery. Last line also good!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pete. ^_^
DeleteI often joke that dogs had people invent cars so they could have a pee-mail network. Now wolves had us invent electronics so they can hunt us in the static? Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Larry.
DeleteWhich came first... the predators or the prey...? ;)
Love it. (Looks nervously at mobile phone) ... errr....
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. ^_^
DeleteIt's a classic SF trope, isn't it... Fear the Future... ;)
Damn. Somebody ought tame the troublesome things.
ReplyDeleteDomesticated radio dogs? Now there's a thought... encryption - firewall - waveform guard dog
DeleteThanks, Sonia. =)