“You cut it a bit close,” says Mikey, “when you overtook that BMW on the motorway. You sure we didn’t hit it?”
I laugh, get some cans from the fridge, pass one to Mikey and switch on the TV. Boring, just a local news bulletin bleating on about some road traffic accident.
“There’s something not right with the beer,” says Mikey. I take a swig from my tin, it does taste foul.
There’s also something not right with Mikey – he is starting to fade before my eyes.
I look at my own hands – and look again. Like some nightmare x-ray I can see the beer-can through my increasingly transparent flesh.
I look back to the couch where Mikey had been sitting but he has already gone.
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© 2009 Charles Christian
Charles Christian is a UK-based lawyer turned writer, technology journalist, poet, blogger, photographer and storyteller
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July 10th, 2009 at 6:13 am
I enjoyed this micro flash, Charles.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Nice work.
–dj
July 10th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
You know I’m a fan of short, powerful stories - nice one!