{"id":176,"date":"2013-02-12T08:55:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulliadis.com\/blog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2013-02-12T08:55:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T13:55:15","slug":"dreamers-flash-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulliadis.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/dreamers-flash-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamers – Flash Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s another bit of Flash Fiction that didn’t get much play, but I think is pretty good. I have to admit I love that last line.<\/p>\n

Dreamers<\/h1>\n

Martin Luther King, Jr. Nikola Tesla. Dr. Samuel Beckett from Quantum Leap. Dreamers who never got to see their dream fulfilled.<\/p>\n

Me? I accomplished my dream. I drove my Dad\u2019s 1973 Beetle from Pennsylvania to California, no heater, no air conditioning, and no functioning fuel gauge. Without breaking down once.<\/p>\n

Well, there was that time on the bridge in Pittsburgh, and that time in the Smoky Mountains, and that time near Dollywood. Any car would\u2019ve overheated\/froze\/ran out of gas in those places though.<\/p>\n

Funny thing about dreamers. Sometimes they forget to plan how they\u2019re going to get home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s another bit of Flash Fiction that didn’t get much play, but I think is pretty good. I have to admit I love that last line. Dreamers Martin Luther King, Jr. Nikola Tesla. Dr. Samuel Beckett from Quantum Leap. Dreamers who never got to see their dream fulfilled. Me? I accomplished my dream. I drove my Dad\u2019s 1973 Beetle from Pennsylvania to California, no heater, no air conditioning, and no functioning fuel gauge. Without breaking down once. Well, there was…<\/p>\n

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