World War Three ended, and a boy found a cabinet buried in a bombed-out settlement. A rare and complete Bible was found intact, with passages bookmarked by pages torn from an outdoorsman catalog. The pages displayed male models wearing red plaid shirts.
By law, the artifact was turned over to the Antiquity Police.
Authenticated, the tome was recognized as the only complete copy known to the world.
The victors newly constituted congress passed a law.
All men shall wear only red plaid shirts upon penalty of death.
A month later, World War Four began.
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J. S. Wade
Since reading Tolkien in Middle school, I have been fascinated with creating, reading, and hearing art through story’s and music. I am a perpetual student of writing and life.
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Comments (26)
What an amazing story
Haha I wasn’t expecting that! I loved how you told a story spanning great time so quickly. Ironically, I read this while wearing a green plaid shirt. So I’m not entirely certain which side I’d fight for. Kind of caught halfway between.
haha. This is great. Canada will win that war.
Ha! Excellent... Wonder what would have happened if they found pages from Beavis and Butthead instead. 😅 Great Message, Scott.
So, us Canadians are all good. That’s our tux.
Oooof. What a statement this is! 👏👏
This is so smart. I love what you did here! <3
Oh WOW - with the way the world is going, you're probably on to something here 😅 Brilliant idea! Bravo 😍❤️
Fantastic!!! 💖💖💕
Excellent take on this , is this a Top Story yet?
I would not doubt this could happen. If the Bible said so - lol. Made me think of John Lennons song "Imagine". Maybe someday a version will be found that says live in peace no matter if you disagree. I'm sure wars would break out from that one too.❤️ Well done and thought provoking.
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There is some truth in this story, People reasoning become unreasonable as time pass on. I won’t be surprise to see ridiculous laws being pass, they already started some now
Lol, this was hilarious!
Ha, very clever Scott!
That was very enjoyable. Locale Fact: We call them Flannys over here and up until now, them being worn or not has only raised some heated discussions at the most. :)
And the religious wars continue, heeding only incidentals while paying no attention to what is written inside.
This seriously made me laugh out loud! 😆
Haha, it's a Canadian Tuxedo war!
Clever. freedom of how you dress is worth arguing over
Haha the war over plaid
Sir, you never cease to amaze us ❤️❤️
Well, this was compelling and truly told an entire story in such few words. Brilliant work Scott.
Ouch. If only fiction were stranger than truth. Fabulous micro dystopia. 👍
3, 4, how many more, interesting thought 😊