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 Storage of stories written for The Bradbury, 2025. |
| Various stories created at the (hopeful) rate of one a week for the year 2025, |
| Henry Has a Dream Henry heaved himself off the couch and walked the three paces to the television. He reached down to the controls and switched it off. For a moment he watched as the screen went dark. Finally, there remained only a tiny pinpoint of light in the centre of the blackness. He sighed and wandered off to the bedroom. Later that night, Henry had a dream. Although it did not strike him as strange, the picture was in colour. He held a black plastic implement with buttons arranged on its face. Most of the buttons were small with strange symbols on them, but one was central and shaped like a cross. There were arrows inscribed on each of its arms. Henry pressed one of the buttons and the picture on the screen changed. He realised that he’d changed the channel. Naturally, he tried pressing again. The channel changed each time he pressed the button. For a while Henry was absorbed in pressing buttons. As he altered the activity and settings on screen, it dawned on him. This was a form of remote control, allowing him to change channel from anywhere in the room. And then he woke up. He lay there in bed, thinking of his dream. But, in the end, he shook his head and dismissed all contemplation of what he’d experienced. Why, if that were ever to come true, he’d never have to leave the couch. In time he’d become so unfit and overweight that he’d wind up in an early grave. He turned over and went back to sleep, secure in the knowledge that it was just a dream. Word count: 270 For The Bradbury, Week 11 2025. |
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