Reassuring Tales by T E D Klein

Author:T E D Klein [Klein, T E D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Collection.Single Author, Short Fiction, Fiction.Horror, Fiction.Dark Fantasy/Supernatural
ISBN: 9781596060722
Google: z91lAAAAMAAJ
Amazon: 1596060727
Barnesnoble: 1596060727
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: 2017-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

S.F.

S.F. n., abbrev. Geog.: San Felipe, city, Chil.; San Fernando, city, Chil., U.S., Philip., Argent; Santa Fe, city, riv., U.S.; prov., Argent.; San Francisco, earthquake site, U.S. Other: Sinn Fein (Ir., ‘we ourselves’), Ir. pol. movement, early 20th cent.; sacrifice fly (baseball); sinking fund (econ.); survival factor (ecol.); science fiction; selective forgetfulness.

—Oxford English Dictionary, Fourth Supplement (2002)

Thursday 17 Sept ’39

Willie, precious:

How’s my snookums today? As happy as I am? I hope so, because I’m sure there’s never been such a wonderful day! I woke up this morning feeling like a young girl again, and when I looked at your picture above my bed and the sun shining outside my window, there were tears of happiness in my eyes.

And do you know why, precious? Because today I’ve decided to sit down and write you a letter. Imagine, Willie, a letter of your very own! Baby’s First Letter!

There’s so much I have to tell you, and I’m so excited I can hardly begin. I don’t remember the last time I felt so good! Just thinking about you now, and putting your picture here on the table where I can see it better, I feel as if... as if you’re right here in the room with me! Of course, it’s only an old photo, not one of those holograph things they have nowadays—but it’s a pretty picture just the same. Your Mommy and your Daddy, bless their hearts, are standing behind you looking oh so proud, the light gleaming off their chromium Helmets, and there you are in front of them, in your little plastic sunsuit, fast asleep with your thumb in your mouth, just as cute as can be! It’s as if you’re sitting right here beside me, your Great-Granny can almost reach out and touch you.... And if she were with you right now, do you know what she’d do? She’d just give you the biggest kiss you ever saw—and a big hug, too! That’s how much she loves you.

And even though they’ve put her in a Home (it’s for my own good, I know) and she can’t come round to see you like she used to, writing you this letter makes her feel so close to you.... Why, so close I think I’ll just reach out and tickle your little chinny-chin-chin! There!

I remember the last time I saw you—I’m sure it wasn’t very long ago—you were just the eentsy-weentsiest baby, all swaddled up in your Baby-Sheath and looking ever so huggable! You were smiling in your sleep, with nothing but your precious little head sticking out of the top of the plastic like some relic in a museum. Your dear Mommy (God bless her) switched off the vibrator under your crib and went to get you a vitamilk bottle, and just as I was leaning over to give you a Great Big Kiss, you woke up and, oh!, did you let out a howl! I guess you’d never seen such an old woman before! (Yes, Willie, Your Great-Granny is old—so old she sometimes forgets her age.

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