He knew when he heard the rumbling sounds and felt the bed move that this was going to be a big one. Maybe the big one. But when the room folded flat around him, he knew this would be his last one.
(42 words)
Written for this week’s #MicroMondays prompt from Varad. The challenge: write a 42-word micro fiction post incorporating the words, “the room folded flat around him.”
This, That, and the Other 
That certainly would be the end!
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Scary last moments!
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Thats terrifying
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Earthquakes, even smaller ones, are terrifying.
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Would you believe if I told you that I slept right through an earthquake?
I found all about it the next day morning. Well written take, Fandango
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Thanks, Varad. It must have been a relatively small earthquake that you slept through. Or you’re a very heavy sleeper!
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Yes. It was not a big one. But there were strong tremors that was felt by the whole city. People were standing on the streets for a couple of hours. Maybe the tremors rocked me to a sound sleep 😀
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In my last earthquake I was awakened by the rattling of the windows in my bedroom and that’s when I noticed that my bed was vibrating. It was scary.
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Wait, was this the same guy who was trying to conceive with his wife with the low sperm count?
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If so, low sperm count was the last thing he should have been worried about!
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