Margaret Thatcher’s grip on the nation was coming to an end, or so claimed the editorial piece I was reading. The magazine also claimed that telephones would one day be carried in the street and could be used from anywhere for vital communications as well as for accessing essential information. “Chris Tattersall,” called the doctor’s receptionist. Leaving the waiting room, I took a photo of the article on my iPhone 16, posting it to social media and adding a smiley face before quickly replacing the old publication, keen to have my sore finger, diagnosed by Google, confirmed as something alarming.
Chris Tattersall is an NHS research manager living in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. He is a flash fiction addict and hosts his own flash fiction website, fusilliwriting.com Twitter: @FusilliW