Then the car exploded.
When he woke up after the accident, and was informed that ten years had passed, his only hope was that the world had become a kinder place in the last decade.
Unfortunately for him, it didn't happen quite like that. He widely opened his eyes to realise that...
Alas, he'd forgotten about his vital meeting in a Chicago speakeasy, the one he'd promised on pain of death he would attend!
The man made his way through the crowded Chicago streets to the funeral home which actually hid a well known club for those who laughed in the face of prohibition.
He wound his way through the throngs of flapper girls, who smelled of cigarettes and gin, to the polished speak-easy counter.
He tapped the mahogany surface with a silver coin, grabbing the bartender's attention.
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Consequences I : Utopia
HumorConsequences – the game where we write a short story by passing it around a table. Each person takes it in turns to write a line. To make it more interesting, they can only see the one line before theirs. Everything else, including the start of the...
