"Carry this for me, will you?"
She fumbles with the bright yellow umbrella thrust at her. The man keeps walking; she jogs to follow.
"Wait! But-"
A raindrop flicks by her nose and she gazes up at the cloudless sky.
"Open it," he says, mimicking the motion with his own umbrella.
She hesitates, but then pops it open. Rain instantly starts pattering against it and in a flourish of color around her, hundreds of people reveal umbrellas and open them.
Those unlucky enough not to have one crumple under the torrent and she sends him a wild gaze.
The splattering covers her panicked, "What's going on?"
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The Eternal Return
Kısa HikayeA collection of speculative short stories and flash fiction. A few of these are also posted on my blog and others still I wrote in creative writing classes or for flash fiction contests. Please, let me know what you think.
