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Everyone’s Gone to the Moon

100 Lyrics into Stories — No69

Jillian Spiridon
2 min readJul 2, 2024
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The warriors stood at the edge of the dais upon which stood the goddess of the moon. Her hair fell in white waves down her back, her eyes milky in their luminescence. Her silver gown shimmered as she stepped down to place her hand against one man’s head.

“I trust you all,” she said. “I know you won’t disappoint me.”

The man lifted his head, his eyes glazed with tears. “My lady, we will do whatever you require of us.”

“You have trained for this all your lives,” she said.

Then her hand trailed down his jaw before slipping away.

This is my third take on the 100 Story Challenge! Lyrics define these stories, and this piece‘s title was inspired by “What’s the World Coming To” from Fleetwood Mac.

For the other stories in this iteration, check out the link below:

100 Lyrics into Stories

100 stories

If you missed out on rounds one and two, I’ve linked both my original 100 Story Challenge list as well as my 100 Faces in 100 Stories list below for your

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Jillian Spiridon
Jillian Spiridon

Written by Jillian Spiridon

just another writer with too many cats

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