Lone Skum
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His fat fingers scraped against the crumbs embedded between the cushions. Damn quarters were so hard to find these days. But he had reached his breaking point and desperately needed one. Finally, his fingers closed on a precious metal disc and he triumphantly raced down the hall clutching his prize.
The Zoltar machine sprang to life as it gulped down the quarter and Lone Skum whispered his greatest wish.
Zoltar instead asked, "You have money, power, a teeming brood of offspring, and fame. Why leave Earth now?"
"No one likes me anymore. They mock me. I just wanna go home!"
About the Creator
A. J. Schoenfeld
I only write about the real world. But if you look close enough, you'll see there's magic hiding in plain sight everywhere.
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