Micro SF/F by O. Westin on Nostr: As I sat on the edge, contemplating the street ten stories below, a raven landed next ...
As I sat on the edge, contemplating the street ten stories below, a raven landed next to me.
"Is it true," I said, "that seeing a raven means you'll die?"
"Yes," it said, "but not today."
It's come a few more times the last sixty years, with the same words. I just figured it out.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
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