MultiWave: SS ( Short Stories )

By Riotrussky Riotrussky

Short stories that will, ultimately grow long in the telling. For example the longest short story in the history of the Universe is one Helluva BigBang. Question is, was any species actually there to hear it, and more cogently; as this creation / extinction event occurred in the almost total vacuum of space did you hear anything? Or see colours / fireworks? Feel a thrill of frisson? Me, I just slept through it all, but then I was a babygod.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Riotrussky
• Release date: May 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9781005616670

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MultiWave

1: Best Breakfast.

I unlock the garage door, the internal one that leads directly into it via the hallway. I step inside turning on the light as I do so. Not by flicking a switch but because I recently installed a motion detector that I constructed myself from the left over parts of a second hand security system that cost me a mere pound.  The last thing, bargain I acquired at the local car boot sale.  Which I had to walk to, a good five miles at that, as I had been forced to sell my beloved Triumph Herald convertible due to severe financial difficulties.

So the garage was carless! Not empty though. Far from empty. In fact it was full of tools, electronic equipment and countless boxes full of virtually every kind of electromechanical product you were once compelled to purchase; almost against your own better judgement or lack of consumer willpower.  Unfortunately what once cost a small fortune had inevitably become virtually worthless junk. Thanks largely to the bloody digital revolution and the ubiquitous internet and most of all, kids. Kids with more money than sense. And by kids I mean anyone under forty. Little spoilt bastards.

As a first adopter I had effectively lost my entire life savings, albeitely over the course of thirty years or so when I spent every penny I earned on every new gadget that came along. Untill I was made redundant. Then I just stopped buying things. Almost ten years ago. Thus I don’t own a nice shiny new smartphone, an up to date or state of the art gamer laptop, no supremely powerful desktop, no fancy game consoles, no huge flat screen  flashy TV. And no fucking car.

Now I don’t miss all the new stuff. They’re just better versions of all the crap I’m lumbered with. Everything I own still works. All packed up in their original boxes, complete with remotes and instructions. All ready for sale on Ebay, in fact have totally failed to sell on Ebay.  Due to the fact no one in their right mind wants to play Jet Set Willy on a ZX Spectrum that takes forever to load just to overheat and crash the moment you almost complete it. And so have to start all over again. Kids are spoilt. They