I've been working on a short story Science Fiction idea. Here is the beginning of it so far. Once I have completed it I will post the rest.
A Cellular Experience by P.C. Snider:
Peter Kaylon was walking at night down a dark alley. He’s stumbling because he has been drinking that night. Trying to numb his emotions, his pain. He is a divorced man, in his forties. He never had kids. (That he knows of). Too much uncertainty in the world.
He paused beneath a flickering streetlamp, fumbling for his cigarette pack. (Another bad habit, he didn’t care for, but realizes too hard to quit).
As he looked down something gleamed on the wet pavement—a small, old flip phone, battered and half-hidden in a puddle. Curious, he knelt, reaching for it.
The phone’s casing was scratched, its cracked, but it still powered on with a faint glow. The device was vintage—probably from the early 2000s. Peter chuckled bitterly, thinking how outdated this must be. He flipped it open, expecting to see some old contacts, maybe a missed call or two.
But then, a message appeared on the screen: “This device can erase people from existence. Enter the contact info to delete.”
He blinked, thinking it was some cruel prank. But strangely, he felt a shiver run down his spine. His drunken mind rationalized it as a hallucination.
copyright 2025 P.C. Snider
