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March 15, 2022 5 Comments

By Andrew Miranda

Jim zoomed down the motorway, growing more alarmed: the brakes weren’t working. Neither was the handbrake. His speed: well over 100mph…

“This is it!” he cried, his vision blurring; his heart, hopeless.

He reached a bend at lightning speed. Seconds before crashing, he screamed in terror as everything went black.

“Jimmy?” a female voice whispered.

He saw a light, gradually getting brighter.

Another voice, this one pre-recorded, announced, Thanks for trying the Extreme 4D Racing Simulator! See you soon!

Panic-stricken, he looked at his mom.

“I told you this was for big kids, Jimmy. Come on, let me drive you home.”

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  1. Helen C says

    March 15, 2022 at 7:04 am

    Nice reveal at the end.

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  2. Derek says

    March 15, 2022 at 7:50 am

    Very good story. I enjoyed reading this.
    Some mothers have really scary driving too 🙂

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    • Shoshauna says

      March 15, 2022 at 8:45 am

      Ha ha!

      Reply
  3. Liz says

    March 15, 2022 at 10:21 pm

    haha, lovely! Poor Jimmy!

    Reply
  4. Nancy Rule says

    March 18, 2022 at 9:33 am

    HAHA great story – I was ready for some afterlife talking to him.

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