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Submitted to Contest #96
Harold ‘Harry’ Gierson steered his electric wheelchair up to the glass wall of the guest room and gazed out to the vista beyond. It was a view of virgin forest and snowy peaks, 50 miles from the nearest human settlement and untouched by the hand of man. In that view, he was reminded of the age of the Earth, where nature had ruled supreme for eons and would return to rule after mankind had served its term and disappeared into a vacuous history that would never be told or known until another ‘self-conscious’ species arose to discover it. He wa...
Submitted to Contest #95
“George? Can you hear me?”“What? Who’s that?”“Hello, George. Don’t worry. You’re safe.”“What do you mean? Where am I? Who is that?”“My name is Sal.”“I don’t know any Sal. Where am I? Why can’t I see anything?”“It’ll all become clear shortly. What do you remember?”“Remember? I… I don’t know. What’s going on?”“Stay calm. You were driving… remember?”“Driving…”“Try to remember, George.”“Yeah… Yeah, I was driving. What happened?”“Why were you driving, George? Remember… where were you going?”“I… I wasn’t going anywhere… I was… just getting away. I...
I met her at the cafe on the corner. I was waiting at the back of the queue, seventh in line. She was at the counter scanning the board wondering which coffee to choose. It can be a problem, there are twenty-five different coffees on offer – Espresso, Latte, Americano, Red Eye, Black Eye, and Flat White to name a few – it’s not always an easy choice. I don’t have that problem myself because I always order the same – the cheapest, biggest, hottest drink up there – double latte (two shots of espresso with steaming milk). What I’m looking for i...
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