Category: Writing
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Darning Wormholes
Wormholes exist. But they can only form in washing machines. That was the hypothesis that began her journey, and would eventually turn the world upside down. Ruth, like everyone else, had noticed that things often went missing when she did her wash. Nothing big, like her lab coats, just little things like pop socks. And…
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The Nocrastinator
I finally did it. I invented a machine that stops you procrastinating. I didn’t invent it straight away, of course. I had a few other things to do first, not least the washing up and getting the dirt out of my keyboard. Then I had tweets to compose and delete before sending them, and a…
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Small Talk
Ruth was allergic to small talk. And not in the way some people mean it. She wasn’t adverse to it, or put off by it. It wasn’t irksome, bothersome, or any other typeofsome. At first, it bought her out in a rash. Mention the weather, and her skin flushed red and started to itch. Ask…
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Wet Lettuce
It started off as a joke. Most things do these days. Meritocracy was proposed as a joke, and that soon got taken seriously. Not surprising then that this went a bit too far. But we did it. We elected a wet lettuce to rule the world. We only had ourselves to blame. There had been…
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The Waiting Room
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of rooms around the world whose sole purpose is for you to sit in it, and wait. I mean, that’s true of your living room I guess, just sitting there, watching something, waiting for bed. And yes, it’s true of your bedroom too, with the extra bonus of making…
