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Submitted to Contest #54
I was just paying in my latest instalment to my Post Divorce Fund when I heard someone calling my real name. I made a great effort to ignore it and keep a poker face. I didn't want the cashier wondering if I was laundering cash, Keeping my nose clean has become the name of the game lately. I completed the transaction and headed for the door when Phil caught my arm “Going deaf, Dave, are we?” he asked “ Or are we too posh to acknowledge old friends?” I laughed, “It must be over twenty five years since I've seen you, or any one else from our s...
Submitted to Contest #53
I was awoken as our Superluxic rocket went into orbit around Sirius the brightest star in Canis Major. We had been asleep for the three month flight from Earth Three months to cover the eight point six light years to the Dog Star . I was the first to be called, just as I was the last to go to sleep, after I had made sure that the five hundred people on board were safely connected to the life support systems. Now I set about reviving the flight crew. Starting with our captain Jumo. Thankfully he was fine, but I refused to vary the procedure b...
Submitted to Contest #52
It was with great difficulty that I stopped myself skipping along the pavement as I made my way to work that morning. The sun was shining, the rubbish had been taken away the the streets washed ready for another scorching day. My jollity must have been catching, because the normally morose people I met on my daily pilgrimage returned my smiles. To my great surprise one or two actually said 'Good morning.'. I was quite elated, over night the solution to a problem that had eluded me for weeks, had manifested itself. Back to basics! The origina...
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