Fear of the Spork

Dave Higgins
Jul 29, 2017 · 1 min read

“My theory? These are what kept humans from dying out like the Torgal.” Ambassador Zarlec pointed a spindly finger at a cabinet.

“Spoons?”

“Not just spoons. Horn spoons. Wooden spoons.”

“And…?”

The ambassador’s eyes flickered grey with embarrassment. “If you focus the emitter from a portable scanner just right, you can make metal twist. When you’re young… you know how trends happen… cutlery bending just took off.”

“That was your people playing a prank?”

“The Torgal discovered metal early. Their brains were still evolving; I think they became too terrified of cutlery to eat.”

100 Words of Speculation

A series of 100-word speculative fictions

Dave Higgins

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Speculative fiction author | Publisher | Book Reviewer | Cat Cushion

100 Words of Speculation

A series of 100-word speculative fictions

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