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Posted Tuesday November 22

The sun sets early in November. Very early. I can watch it from my chair. Some evenings it's spectacular but yesterday's was unbelievable. I’ve never seen  the sky as golden. It shimmered, it glowed. As I gazed from my window  I became sleepy, I couldn’t think why. After all, I’d had a relaxing day and I never go to bed before midnight. But at six thirty last night I fell asleep sitting in my chair.

I was aching when I woke this morning. The clock on the wall said six-thirty. Had I really been asleep for twelve hours? I never sleep for twelve hours, let alone in a chair. As I stretched my arms and rubbed my eyes I saw the sunrise. I’m a bit of a sleeper-inner, so it’s something I rarely see. The sky was golden. It shimmered, it glowed. Then something occurred to me. Surely the sun rises in the east and sets in the west and  This way east... that way...

I rushed to the window. Standing in my garden I saw my parents, my sister, my friends; my best friend. My dog. They stared at me, unblinking, unmoving. Nothing was moving. 

Nothing.

The end.

Written in response to the photo by Footie nd Foody at Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers