Future Sam

by StrugglingWriter

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Sam grabbed his lighter and torched his “enchanted notebook”. It was bad enough he had to take orders from his boss. He didn’t need some spiral bound chieftain telling him how to lead his life. It would be hours before he found the notebook with the words “Nice try tubby” written on the first page. Turns out Future Sam has a sense of humor.

Sam was able to acquire the device for $1501 as there’s little demand for a $1500 time machine, even one touted as being in “Good Condition”. Sam wasn’t sure how he was going to pay his credit card bill in a month, but figured that was Future Sam’s problem.

Upon winning the auction, Sam received an email from the machine’s owner asking him to pick the time machine “as soon as possible”. Sam knew from the address listed that the mysterious man lived only a half hour away so Sam replied that he would pick up the device later that day.

Sam climbed into the Neon, turned the key, and opened the garage door. Blocking his way was Amy. “We need to talk now,” she said.

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Comments

Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

  1. Future Sam

    Susan Holder is terrific's Buddy Icon Susan Holder is terrific

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I really like where this story is going and love the humor..
    One point: confused a bit on the sudden clarified ‘Future Sam’. When does he know conclusively it is a future self? (I know.. the you, I, we… but still, he thought it was a joke then.) The story is great and your contributions funny and clear otherwise!! :)

  2. Future Sam

    Susan Holder is terrific's Buddy Icon Susan Holder is terrific

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oh.. and he was believing the ‘enchanted notebook’ enough to follow through with it a few seconds ago.. I still like this though!! :)

  3. Future Sam

    StrugglingWriter's Buddy Icon StrugglingWriter

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Susan those are good questions. I guess I was playing off the previous installment when he dropped the notebook stunned and placed a bid. He figured since he was bidding on a time machine, he was communicating with a future self. Or maybe I just thought it was funny :)

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