Stories

Published December 25th 2024

Drugged up. On coke!

I smashed a nail into the Resolute Desk. My desk! Hit it with a hammer. Antique hammer. Historic. Force.

I became President before the dead rose up.

Reality is always stranger than fiction. Always. Sometimes, anyway.

Why would I care about killing a million civilians?

They asked me that this morning. COS boi. All serious. All somber.

“Mr. President.”

Shaking.

Gulping.

“Mr. President.”

Fuck off. What exactly am I the President of anymore?

America?

Sure. What is America now?

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© Brad Nicholls