David McClendon
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I'm a Marine Corps veteran and an enjoyer of science fiction, both the consumption and the creation.
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Original Sin
Original Sin ____ My father had a saying, passed down from his father to him. It said, “Time is a paradox. The less you have of it, the more you need it but once you have none left, you no longer have need.” Humanity has lived under this, each generation doing as much as they can in the little time they have in order to give the next generation as much time as possible. I too lived under the heel of time, always rushing and rushing to complete my work as quickly as possible so that I might see the fruits of my labor before my time is up. Now, though? I have Nothing but time, and simultaneously no time at all.
By David McClendon3 years ago in Fiction
Unexpected Warmth
It’s cold. That’s all I can think of as I huddle against the metal wall of the dumpster in which I am hiding. I can hear the crackling of my fire in the barrel just outside the bin, warm enough to melt the snow in a perfect circle around it. I desperately want to stand next to it, to thaw out my fingers and my feet but above the sound of the fire burning through the little fuel I had, I can hear their voices.
By David McClendon5 years ago in Fiction
