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A flooded city under a heavy sky, skyscrapers half under water

Sci Fi Deluge

by Ralf Skirr in AI Art

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections.

A woman in a white dress wading through a flooded street next to a half-submerged car at sunsetA woman in a white dress wading through a flooded street next to a half-submerged car at sunset

He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

A suburban neighbourhood swept by glowing floodwaters under an orange sky full of lightningA suburban neighbourhood swept by glowing floodwaters under an orange sky full of lightning

He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

A man wading through fiery floodwater towards a white church struck by lightningA man wading through fiery floodwater towards a white church struck by lightning

He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

People wading down a flooded small-town street under a glowing stormy skyPeople wading down a flooded small-town street under a glowing stormy sky

He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

Three people swimming in a flooded residential street at sunset, power lines overheadThree people swimming in a flooded residential street at sunset, power lines overhead

He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

A family huddled together in floodwater in front of half-submerged houses at sunsetA flooded street with houses and power lines under a swirling red and blue sky at sunsetA family huddled together in floodwater in front of half-submerged houses at sunset

He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

A diver in a helmet walking past a lit shop front on a flooded coast under a stormy skyA diver in a helmet walking past a lit shop front on a flooded coast under a stormy sky

He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

An astronaut raising the American flag in a flooded small-town streetAn astronaut raising the American flag in a flooded small-town street

” He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder.

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Ralf Skirr is a marketing expert and the founder and managing director of DigiStage GmbH, an online marketing agency for B2B companies. His work covers websites, SEO, AEO, GEO and conversion optimization. On this blog he writes about business, marketing and writing, and explores AI art.