Nick Perez

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“As I Lay Shutting Down” by Nick Perez

Submitted to Contest #37

“Maria?” “Yes.” I detect sadness in her voice. She knows my end is near. “Is there something I can get you?”“No. I- I need to tell you something.”She leans in closer, her eyes full of pity and kindness. “Maria, try to understand that in all our time together I have never sought to deliberately hurt you.”Confusion sweeps across her face. “Sweetheart, what are you saying?”My circuitry is failing. My programming contains every word in the human language across a span of languages and dialects including all slang and colloquial terms invented si...

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I'm a preacher for a church in California who has been writing fiction since the sixth grade. I like to think that I've improved as a writer, but I'll leave that for the reader to decide.