The Final Life of Nathaniel Moon by Shawn Inmon

Author:Shawn Inmon [Inmon, Shawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction | Time Travel
Publisher: Shawn Inmon
Published: 2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

A WEEK LATER, JON DROPPED by before Nathaniel went to work at the hospital. It wasn’t unusual for Jon to stop by unexpectedly, but it was out of the ordinary to do so when he should have been at work.

“Have you seen what’s on YouTube?”

Nathaniel actually laughed a little, and then, so did Jon.

“Of course not. What was I thinking? I forgot I was talking to a Cro-Magnon man. One of these days, you’ve really got to get internet here in the house.”

“I will,” Nathaniel agreed, “as soon as you can give me a single valid reason as to how it will improve my life.”

They’d had this conversation a number of times before, and Jon knew he held the losing cards, so he said, “Okay. Let’s back up. You know what YouTube is, right?”

“A website where I can go if I want to listen to album cuts of John Coltrane or Chet Baker? Which, by the way, is the closest I’ve come yet to a valid reason why I might want to get the internet here. Close, so close.”

“Yes, right. Musical clips. But, people can shoot their own videos and upload them, too.”

“Lovely. Video democracy in action.”

“Sometimes, not so lovely. Here, look at this.” Jon took his smart phone out of his pocket, did a quick search, then turned the phone sideways. It showed a clip of someone walking through a wooded area, taking videos of various flora and fauna.

As he did, he gave a running commentary of what he was seeing, punctuated with, “Oh, isn’t that a beautiful specimen,” or “Would you look at that? What a gorgeous example of Polystichum munitum.”

“I know, I know,” Jon said. “Not exactly scintillating stuff, but keep watching.” He tapped the screen and moved the slider bar at the bottom. The camera jumped and panned as the narrator nearly tripped over a root, but then steadied on an image: a pair of legs and hiking boots floating six inches off the ground.

“What in the world?” the narrator said. The cameraman moved the shot slowly up the torso, which also was floating above the ground. Just before he panned up to the head, a huge series of barks came from his left, and the camera dropped to the ground and showed only dirt and pine needles. Shortly after that, the video ended.

“Good thing he didn’t get your face or Brutus on tape, or the jig would be up. But it’s still not good, is it?”

Nathaniel shrugged, and said, “I’m still not sure why I do that. I don’t really have any control over it.” He tapped the video and scrolled down to read the comments. “Ha! Look at this. God love the internet.”

Jon took his phone back and read. He shook his head. “I saw this same trick on America’s Got Talent.” “Fake news!” “Nice try, bozo, but people have been doing this trick in India for generations.” He looked up at Nathaniel. “They don’t believe it. They think it’s a hoax.”

“Of course they do.

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