Originally appeared in SUNDOG, Fall, 1990. Flash piece, written while at JHU. Honorable mention in THE FLORIDA REVIEW’s World’s Best Short Short Story Contest.
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Originally appeared in SUNDOG, Fall, 1990. Flash piece, written while at JHU. Honorable mention in THE FLORIDA REVIEW’s World’s Best Short Short Story Contest.
(science fiction, flash story) They kept telling us what high ratings his show was getting. All of us bit players should be proud, the producers said. When he couldn’t see us, we celebrated, giving each other high fives while we waited for him to appear and pass. When he came into sight, we’d act as we’d been instructed. He wasn’t to know that it was a show.
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