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SciFi/Fantasy – December 31

On this date in 1879, Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp by repeatedly turning it off and on.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which an invention that is currently utterly routine and taken for granted in the world you’ve created ceases to work as expected at an inopportune time for your protagonist.

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