The Blinking Lights of Memory

Tamsin drafts a message to Wyvern about her dying mother and sends none of it. Between her mother's metaphors and her grandmother's toast, life stays on hold.

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# The Blinking Lights of Memory

There was no graceful way to say it.

Hey. My mum is dying. Would you like to go out with me?

Tamsin had composed versions of that message in her head, each one worse than the last. Sometimes it sounded like a plea for sympathy. Sometimes it sounded like a warning. Mostly, it sounded like she was placing something fragile and terrible between herself and Wyvern before they had even worked out what they were to each other.

So she said nothing.

Mum had told her not to put her life on hold.

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What is The Blinking Lights of Memory about?

Tamsin drafts a message to Wyvern about her dying mother and sends none of it. Between her mother's metaphors and her grandmother's toast, life stays on hold.

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Who wrote it?

Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.