BROADSWORDS MIGHT BE VERY HEAVY METAL, BUT JETHRO TULL ARE NOT

A Black Box Sat in the Corner

The Box: Part 20

Robert Gowty
Short and Weird
Published in
3 min readNov 22, 2024

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By the author with AI.

New to The Box or maybe you’ve missed an episode? Here’s a list of the series thus far:

21 stories

“I’m amazed by your dedication to overthrowing late stage, rent seeking, predatory capitalism via participation in our autonomous collective protest actions…”

“What’s your name again?”

“Myron.”

“Myron. A favour?”

His puppy dog eyes widen to the size of dinner plates.

“Sure. Anything!”

“Shut the fuck up.”

His dinner plates deflated.

“We need to get to the bottom of the carpark. Security CCTV will lock onto us in no time.”

At basement three, doors started opening and they could hear footsteps. Chloe traced a pattern on her kaftan and a giant broadsword appeared. She tossed it to Myron.

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Short and Weird
Short and Weird

Published in Short and Weird

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Robert Gowty
Robert Gowty

Written by Robert Gowty

Idiot Saveloy. Tasmanian. Answering questions you never asked. Aficionado of the number seven.

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