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Ethan Noll writes short stories and poems. There are very few things that he enjoys more than crafting a creative and aesthetically pleasing sentence. Writing gives him an opportunity to express ideas that he can't usually verbalize in his daily life.
I saw it sitting in the corner of the bar: a hulking metal contraption, one of the first models ever made. Once it had been considered a technological miracle, but now it was nothing but a piece of vintage decoration.
I started thinking about what life was like back then, before time machines were perfected and mass produced. It was probably a lot more exciting. Nothing has really surprised us since.
The End
This story was first published on Thursday, November 26th, 2020
Author Comments
I wanted to write this story using as few words as possible. As a devout fan of punk music since my preteen years, I've always appreciated simplicity and brevity in art. I don't have the attention span to write an epic novel, but I do my best to distill epic themes into little, bite-sized stories. In this story, I focused on the evolution of technology, how even the most groundbreaking innovations gradually become mundane with the passing of time. I hope you enjoyed it.
- Ethan Noll
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