J. Michael Dashiell lives in central Indiana. He’s had ten
short stories published that appeared in Down
in the Dirt, Bending the Curve Anthology,
Sugar Mule Literary Magazine, Defenestration, Word Riot, Projected Letters,
Thieves Jargon, The Circle Magazine, The Blue Review & The New England Writers’ Network Magazine.
Blog Address: http://romanticismunbound.blogspot.com/
3 Seconds
My friend’s car laid mangled, a 1990
Pontiac Bonneville, beige colored, four-door model, with its left back end
completely crushed, its back bumper twisted into a malicious grin, and what I
supposed was the specter of gasoline dripping from its tank. Yet I suffered no
injury, not even a broken bone or bleeding wound, just what would later
manifest itself as minor whiplash I suppose, without even a visible scratch or
bruise to provide evidence of this mishap. The car was in effect destroyed for
all practical use, yet I arose from it mysteriously renewed.
