The internal combustion engine is long gone. Electric cars are on the way out too. Soon all our vehicles will be plant powered.

Garden centres are the new gas stations.

Pile the greenery into the tank and off we go, leaving a trail of mulch pouring from the exhaust behind us.

Tankers collect the discarded mulch and it becomes fertiliser to grow more fuel.

I heard someone suggest plants could be grown for other reasons, to prettify gardens and homes or establish natural habitats. What nonsense. They are fuel to serve us and nothing more.

Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The idea is to write a short story of 100 words based on the photo prompt (above).

To read more stories of 100 words based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.

Typeset proofs have arrived from my publisher for the new novel. This is the exciting moment where it becomes close to being a ‘real’ book, and also the moment where I have to read it all back and notice all the bits I could have written better!

The State Trilogy and The Barra Boy available now.

All We Cannot Leave Behind coming February 2024.