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Red Shift

May 17, 2023 4 Comments

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Sometimes she sees things and tells him about them. These things are important to her and help when trying to make sense of the world around her. Rarely does he care, although he always says either “How interesting” or “Wow.” Above them a Galaxy speeds toward the unimaginably dense at two percent of the speed of light. “We are so much a part of it all,” she says. “No kidding,” he says, biting down on a peanut. “Tell me something,” she says, starting all of her fingers on fire. He watches them burn down to the knuckles. “How interesting,” he says.

By Jonathan Johnson

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  1. Melanie Mulrooney says

    May 17, 2023 at 8:30 am

    How interesting. 😉

    Sorry, couldn’t help myself! This is, in fact, very interesting. I’m really intrigued by your characters, and you’ve left me with a lot of (good) unanswered questions. Well done!

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  2. Melissa says

    May 17, 2023 at 10:30 am

    This is so sad but I love the way you wrote this.

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  3. Rabab says

    May 17, 2023 at 10:49 am

    Sad

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  4. Deanna Salser says

    May 24, 2023 at 1:48 pm

    Weird but interesting. Sorry, I had to.

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