Press Restart

By Aidan Sisk

If you could live forever, would you?

Imagine a world where when an individual turns eighteen years old, they can press restart on their life and live it out again. However, they do not rewind time. Instead, the world around them continues to move forward. Others that have not pressed restart continue to age and move on with their lives. And, perhaps worst of all, all of their memories are erased, starting their new life with a clear mind. Motivated by nostalgia and fear, people make the decision to press restart every day. This time, it's Kira's turn, and it will be the hardest decision of her life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aidan Sisk
• Release date: Feb 28, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370301829

Aidan Sisk

Aidan Sisk is an independent Canadian writer. In 2015, he self-published his first ebook, the non-fiction title Surviving University: An Introduction to Post-Secondary Education. In 2016, he self-published his first fiction ebook, 2:34. 2017 marked the release of his first short story, Press Restart, another self-publication available as an ebook.

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Press Restart

A short story

by Aidan Sisk

Press Restart

Copyright Aidan Sisk 2017

Published by Aidan Sisk

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All events occurring and characters appearing in this work are fictional.  Any resemblance to real events that have occurred, or to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All work found herein is for entertainment purposes only.

For Thi,

my reason for never pressing restart

Consider the following: if you could live forever, would you?

What if when you turned eighteen years old, you could press restart on your life?  In doing so, you would be able live your life out again, doing so each time you turn eighteen.  However, you wouldn’t rewind time.  Rather, you’d only reset your own life.  

After you press restart, the world around you would continue to move forward.  Some people in your life who have chosen not to press restart would grow old and die.  And perhaps worst of all, all of your thoughts would disappear, leaving everything you’ve known for the last eighteen years behind.  

Now, knowing this, would you still choose to live forever?  

Nostalgia is a powerful force.  It leaves us longing for what was.  For many, it is the belief that what was will always be better than everything that is now and what will be.  The memories of childhood and adolescence—a time of innocence and worry-free carelessness.  

Fear, too, is a powerful force. It makes decisions for us whether