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Flashback – Spaghetti Man
I used to call him Spaghetti Man. It sounds so silly, but I was only a kid. I couldn’t express what I was seeing, and so, he became Spaghetti Man. He was there every night, when I closed my eyes. I’d pray to dream of something else, holding my teddy bear tightly and wishing for…
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Flashback – Just Desserts
Tyler was ever so slightly drunk. He had decided to get started on the bank holiday session early, despite it still being two days until the Coronation, and as he sped towards home, the world blurred in front of him, as he laughed. He screeched to a stop by the traffic lights, jolting forward in…
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Flashback – An Eye For An Eye
My name is Michelle Hither, and I am the former member of Parliament for Horton West. I have agreed to come before this committee and provide testimony on the Consciousness Migration bill and the events that followed the original trials, but to be frank, I cannot. They will kill me. You knew that when you…
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Flashback – On A Cold and Frosty Morning
I can never go back. They’re all after me. They’re all going to know what I did. They’ll never understand why. There’s no way out for me. There’s no way back from what I’ve become. There’s no way to undo what I’ve done. It was supposed to be an easy job. It was an easy…
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Flashback – I Am Become Death
I am a monster. My therapist disagreed. My parents were so proud. They made sure that everyone in town knew that I was responsible for their safety. My girlfriend looked at me with a kind of frightened, begrudging respect. I don’t think that she ever loved me, or even really liked me, but she was…