Jim Painter

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“Last Call” by Jim Painter

Submitted to Contest #115

Last Call JD Painter Civilization ended on a routine Tuesday evening. Around 9 o’clock, I was on the phone with my friends Bango and Zoey (they live in Oregon). After the COVID-19 pandemic started, we agreed to call every two weeks to assure each other we were still alive and healthy. While we talked, we used the internet to play racing video games against each other. We never started without a little pre-race trash talk. “Hey, you two Nimrods ready to have your butts kicked?” I challenged with counterfeit bravado. I’d lost 17 out of th...

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