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Wasted Time: A Short Story
Oh my gawd! He looks like me. He could even be me. We are even wearing the same suit. The likeness is incredible. They say everyone has a doppelganger out there somewhere, but I never expected to meet mine, much less accidentally kill him with my stolen car. What a fortuitous turn of events. If the police find this body, they will Think it is me, at least until after an autopsy and that'll take a few days. It'll give me time to get out of the country. I couldn't have met my dead double at a more opportune time!
This is a 3,469 word flash fiction Dystopian New Pulp short story about a man, a dead body, a bank robbery, a stolen SUV, and a time machine during the apocalypse.
ADULT CONTENT WARNING:The story is rate PG13 for mild language.
FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW WARNING: This fictional work of Literary Horror is written in First Person Monologue Point of View also known as The Talking Head Point of View, some readers may find this point of view difficult to read.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
EelKat’s Twisted Tales is a collection of quick-read Short Stories inspired by classic Fairy Tales, FolkLore, and Mythology. Most of the titles in this series are less than 5,000 words long and can be read in under a half-hour, many are short enough to be read in under 15 minutes. The series was designed to give folks a short break from their busy lives to escape into the world of make-believe, even if only for a few minutes during your lunch break. I hope you will enjoy reading these stories as much as I have enjoyed writing them for you.
~Many hugs & kisses From EelKat
This is a 3,469 word flash fiction Dystopian New Pulp short story about a man, a dead body, a bank robbery, a stolen SUV, and a time machine during the apocalypse.
ADULT CONTENT WARNING:The story is rate PG13 for mild language.
FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW WARNING: This fictional work of Literary Horror is written in First Person Monologue Point of View also known as The Talking Head Point of View, some readers may find this point of view difficult to read.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
EelKat’s Twisted Tales is a collection of quick-read Short Stories inspired by classic Fairy Tales, FolkLore, and Mythology. Most of the titles in this series are less than 5,000 words long and can be read in under a half-hour, many are short enough to be read in under 15 minutes. The series was designed to give folks a short break from their busy lives to escape into the world of make-believe, even if only for a few minutes during your lunch break. I hope you will enjoy reading these stories as much as I have enjoyed writing them for you.
~Many hugs & kisses From EelKat
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 30, 2014
10 people want to read
About the author
EelKat Wendy Christine Allen
30 books29 followersEelKat Wendy Christine Allen of Old Orchard Beach, Maine has been writing Horror, Science Fiction, Weird/Bizarro, Historical, Romance and Monster Porn Flash Fiction & Short Stories since 1978.
EelKat is the creator of the following pulp fiction series/serials:
Friends Are Forever: The Twighlight Manor Series (231 volumes)
Alien Vampires/Zombies From Outer Space (16/5 volumes)
Brain Sucking Squid From Neptune's Moon (14 volumes)
Captured By Faeries/Mermen (24/36 volumes)
The Planet Ptarmagin Series (32 volumes)
Tales From the Trailer Park (42 volumes)
The Chrystonite Chronicles (24 volumes)
EelKat's Twisted Tales (200+ volumes)
Quaraun The Insane (52 volumes)
The Alien Bible (7 volumes)
In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of The Twighlight Manor Series, all of EelKat's Short Stories are being reformatted and converted into Kindle ebook editions to be released throughout 2014 and 2015 and beyond.
EelKat is the creator of the following pulp fiction series/serials:
Friends Are Forever: The Twighlight Manor Series (231 volumes)
Alien Vampires/Zombies From Outer Space (16/5 volumes)
Brain Sucking Squid From Neptune's Moon (14 volumes)
Captured By Faeries/Mermen (24/36 volumes)
The Planet Ptarmagin Series (32 volumes)
Tales From the Trailer Park (42 volumes)
The Chrystonite Chronicles (24 volumes)
EelKat's Twisted Tales (200+ volumes)
Quaraun The Insane (52 volumes)
The Alien Bible (7 volumes)
In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of The Twighlight Manor Series, all of EelKat's Short Stories are being reformatted and converted into Kindle ebook editions to be released throughout 2014 and 2015 and beyond.
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July 31, 2016
My, how prophetic the title of this short story was! I only made it to 27% before deleting it. It's unreadable.
Maybe I misunderstood what flash fiction is, but if this is an example it means riddled with errors, misspelled or omitted words, commencing sentences in lower case, throwing in random capitalised words, not bothering with commas or question marks. Not proof reading or editing.
Can't recommend it, didn't enjoy it, will never be reading more from this author. Ever.
Examples:
we can't can't any rain when we need it,
what am I said.
(No, I didn't omit the capitals at the beginning of the two sentences, the author did.)
Or: I'm mean look at me.
Or: I didn't mean to soot anyone. (Yes, that should be shoot.)
And so it goes, on and on ad nauseam.
Maybe I misunderstood what flash fiction is, but if this is an example it means riddled with errors, misspelled or omitted words, commencing sentences in lower case, throwing in random capitalised words, not bothering with commas or question marks. Not proof reading or editing.
Can't recommend it, didn't enjoy it, will never be reading more from this author. Ever.
Examples:
we can't can't any rain when we need it,
what am I said.
(No, I didn't omit the capitals at the beginning of the two sentences, the author did.)
Or: I'm mean look at me.
Or: I didn't mean to soot anyone. (Yes, that should be shoot.)
And so it goes, on and on ad nauseam.
Displaying 1 of 1 review