The Afterword

Tag: dailyprompt-1955

  • Woman Announces She Will Be Seeing the Outside World Again, on a Trial Basis

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    Peter
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    Two months after retreating into a semi-permanent relationship with her phone, local woman Clare Montgomery has announced plans to give “offline life” another go. In a statement released from her kitchen bench—via Notes app screenshot—Clare confirmed that she’ll be attempting to reintegrate with real life, as long as it doesn’t require group activities or being…

  • After the Election

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    Peter
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    After the election,a few friends said,“I’m off the news for a while.”Some never went back. Too much fear,too little they could do.“It’s like being yelled at with no way out,”one of them said. A researcher told us,“If you keep feeding people threatsbut no way to respond,they shut down.They stop listening.It’s not apathy,it’s survival.” And then…