He seemed like a good kid right up until the moment he shot me.
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Flash Fiction Magazine – Real Magicians Never Tell
Airline Announcement
Here’s some random info about your flight that’s probably inaccurate.
All carry-ones will now be stapled to the wings for your convenience and safety.
Our customer service dominatrix will be by shortly to bludgeon you with the drink cart and insult your ethnic heritage. As of next month, this service will only be free to subservient lackey-class passengers.
Also effective immediately, all mental health companion animals will be subject to humiliating and intrusive searches or barbecue depending on in-flight food service requirements.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy your flight.
Draft
No matter where you sit, there’s a light breeze. I don’t think the windows are sealed very well.
The house always smells musty. There’s a kind of damp chill with just a whiff of mold and mildew and decay. I don’t want to complain, but it’s not a great environment for someone my age.
I feel like I’ve been a prisoner in my house for two years, but I’m still not sure I want to leave. I’m still not sure I’ll ever be comfortable outside. In a crowd. Even in a mask.
Fortunately, the store delivers. I miss people though.
Aging Is Not For the Faint of Heart
It came to him in a flash.
“I’m looking for my phone.”
Sean smiled and shook his head at own his absent-mindedness. He continued walking around the kitchen, looking around, behind, and under things, trying to find his cell phone. It never seemed to be handy when he needed it.
Sean noticed his coffee cup on the big island in the kitchen and paused to refill it. He pulled out a stool and sat down in front of a plate of cinnamon buns. He was reaching for one when it came to him again.
“What was I looking for?”