StoryTree
you are here

Dead Letters to Tomorrow

sci-fiEveryone
5 contributors · 5 paragraphs deep

Edwin called the town office instead of going himself. A bored clerk wrote down his warning and promised to 'look into it.' Edwin paced all day, sick with worry, not knowing if anyone would act in time.

The clerk forgot all about it. The bridge fell exactly as the paper said, and five people were hurt. Edwin felt the failure like a stone in his chest. He swore he would never trust anyone else with the slot's warnings again, and went home to write his next note alone.

↔ version 2 of 2 of this paragraph — hover its sides to flip. The card below is what happens next.

What happens next?

0 ways forward
Vote share across the top 0 branches
No futures yet — be the one who decides what happens next.