We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.—Eric Hoffer

Thaumatrope is a twitter fiction magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fiction under 140 characters - edited by @nelilly.

Thaumatrope is a twitter fiction magazine for
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fiction
under 140 characters—edited by @nelilly.

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June 15th, 2010

• first ← yesterday | tomorrow → last •

She’s scrubbing rust off her arm when I enter; she smiles with tarnished chrome teeth, hoping her husband won’t notice she’s getting older.

©2010 Zach L

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