Micro-Fiction, Story in 50 words. The prompt for this story was using lyrics from a Mellow Song write a story. I chose Allen Parsons Project's Time. Please enjoy!
“Joey, wait please.”
“Now what?”
“Why can’t you just stay? I thought we had something special.”
“Lynn my darling, I am sorry, but time beckons me, it calls my name and shows me new things I must explore.”
“Wait, we could go together.”
“I must go now. Goodbye, my love.”
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T. Mark Mangum, is the product of the 60s and 70s, his imagination, wonder, thoughts, and ponderings, emboldened by Star Trek, Star Wars, Conan the Barbarian, and The Hobbit. He loves a good story and hopes you will love reading his stories. Veteran, Father, TTRPG, and Board Game Junkie. He spent 20 years in the United States Army, another 10 working for the government, before realizing he should write.
https://youtu.be/Kp7X8jPX0DY link to the song Time by Allen Parsons Project