• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

101 Words

101 Word Short Stories

  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Volunteer

A Pointless Talent

December 29, 2019

A Pointless Talent
Share4
Tweet
Email
More
4 Shares

Without ever meeting a person, Gary could picture them. Like a high-quality photo, his mental images were never wrong. All it took was hearing their voice.

By day he worked at a call center. Wedged in a strip mall, the dimly-lit space was filled with people who talked all day but barely spoke to each other. Between calls Gary remembered his marks like they were friends.

One day a woman picked up. “Treble Technologies,” Gary said, then stopped. Black-haired with narrow features, he saw red slashes on her arm. Something sharp flashed in her hand. “I can help,” he started again.

By Chris Hobson

Primary Sidebar

Search Stories

The end.