 "Retribution"
(In
its entirety)
by David M. Fitzpatrick
Nobody believed the aliens took me.
Laughter, scorn, accusation… shrinks, drugs, institutions—I never buckled.
I always held firm.
At eighteen I wandered, searching. I was
thirty-five when I found them. They owed me more than a job, but the job
will do.
I’m good at it, and advise my employer
well. Tonight, we'll take my entire family and all my false friends. Let
me man the anal probe.
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NFG Magazine has a flash fiction
contest every issue called "The Great 69er." For those of you who don't
know, flash fiction is extremely brief fiction. The word count depends on
who you ask, but as a rule of thumb it's anything 500 words or less. The
Great 69er requires the entries be exactly 69 words (they have an
amusing sense of humor at NFG). I'm not a huge fan of flash
fiction, but I figured what the heck... and wrote this alien abduction
piece. It is, as required, exactly 69 words, making this introduction
you're reading longer than the piece itself.