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Featured Flash Fiction
I write a lot of flash fiction – most Fridays, in fact. Mine is always exactly 100 words long. You can find much more of it in the archive, and you can download my free ebooks 100 Not Out and 200 Not Out. If you'd like to give it a try yourself, visit the site I also edit, Friday Flash Fiction.
BOOMERANG TECHNOLOGY
“So what did you learn in school today, son?”
“We learned about Boomerang Technology in history, dad. Complicated, I didn’t understand all of it.”
“Boomerang? That takes me back to my childhood. Remind me.”
“Well… the teacher explained about when computers became fast enough to identify where something came from by its trajectory and direction of travel. And you could use that information to reverse it. The teacher said it became possible to send bombs, missiles, even bullets back at whoever fired them.”
“That’s right. What don’t you understand?”
“The teacher said it ended all wars.”
“Yes… so?”
“What’s war?””
“We learned about Boomerang Technology in history, dad. Complicated, I didn’t understand all of it.”
“Boomerang? That takes me back to my childhood. Remind me.”
“Well… the teacher explained about when computers became fast enough to identify where something came from by its trajectory and direction of travel. And you could use that information to reverse it. The teacher said it became possible to send bombs, missiles, even bullets back at whoever fired them.”
“That’s right. What don’t you understand?”
“The teacher said it ended all wars.”
“Yes… so?”
“What’s war?””
To read more flash fiction, go to the Flash Fiction section. To download the FREE ebooks click on the image below.
