Flash Fiction
Effect and Cause
- by Ken Liu
- in Galaxy’s Edge #2, May 2013 [print · e-zine · webzine]
A pilot on a one-man ship in a space battle repeatedly lives backward through fifteen seconds and then forward again with the chance to do things differently each time. —Michael Main
Ignoring this, I sit down at the table to pick up a cup and spit calding hot coffee into it. Then I proceed to vomit food onto my plate so I can sculpt it with a knife and fork into peas, carrots, and omelette.