“Morning, Jim.”
“Morning!”
“Who closed last night?” asks Jim. “They left the lights on.”
“I know who it was,” comes a voice. It’s Jim. “It was Jim.”
“Team meeting, now.” Jim sounds mad.
The five gather in the back.
“Do we need some new blood around here?” says Jim.
Jim scratches his head, while Jim looks at his feet; meanwhile, Jim and Jim have a sidebar.
Finally, Jim says, “Yeah, I think we do.”
“Okay,” says Jim. “Whose turn to go into the clone-a-matic?”
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Christopher Degni is a 2019 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. He writes about the magic and the horror that lurk just under the surface of everyday life. He lives south of Boston with his wife (and his demons, though we don't talk about those). You can find more of his work in NewMyths.com, Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives, 99 Tiny Terrors, and the upcoming 99 Fleeting Fantasies.
This week’s Pete Wood Challenge was to write a flash fiction story inspired by the word, “Nepotism.” To see the previous winners of previous challenges, click this link.
If you enjoyed this story, check out Christopher’s most recent story for us, “Upgrade.”
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