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Final Accounts
Literary
by Brindley Hallam Dennis
Ten flash fictions of last words, last actions, and last loves.
Wilson didn’t know he had only one week to live, whereas Seymour had been warned that he would die within the year. He was already too ill to drive, so he asked Wilson to take him to see her.
Wilson was reluctant, but they had been friends for decades.
Take a week’s leave, Seymour said.
Wilson’s wife, knew the value of friendship, and she told him to get on with it. You never knew what they meant by ‘within the year’. Why, it might happen the next week, who could tell?...
Wilson didn’t know he had only one week to live, whereas Seymour had been warned that he would die within the year. He was already too ill to drive, so he asked Wilson to take him to see her.
Wilson was reluctant, but they had been friends for decades.
Take a week’s leave, Seymour said.
Wilson’s wife, knew the value of friendship, and she told him to get on with it. You never knew what they meant by ‘within the year’. Why, it might happen the next week, who could tell?...