Today's story is a few hours later than I try to get it posted, but here it is. It took me all week to figure out which "universe" to set the story in. The prompt could work for almost all of them. Then inspiration struck while I was preparing lunch today.

This flash fiction is set in the A.I. universe several days after the events in "Unknown Benefactor" and several months before "Wrong Number."

If you haven't noticed, I set up a series of playlists for the audio versions of these stories over on my YouTube Channel. They're separated by the "universes" in which they are set, and each playlist is arranged in chronological order. I have playlists for the Icarus, Yekara, Secrets and Stones, Science and Myth, and Supers universes. I will create one for the A.I. universe once the audio for this story is ready since this is the third story set within in it.

Okay, so today's story doesn't come from the usual source. Once again, I found a prompt on Pinterest, and I couldn't pass it up.

If you'd like to hear the audio version, complete with background music and sound effects, click here.

This week's story is a continuation of last week's from Joe's perspective. What else do you think might happen if you've been absent for thirty-seven years?

I started to revisit the family from "Don't Go Near the Well" and "Flight from Mab's Castle" when I first saw this prompt, but I ultimately decided to go in a different direction. I hope you enjoy today's short trip to my neck of the woods.

The audio version is also available via YouTube.

Here's another short that gave me fits getting started, but I enjoyed how it turned out once I latched onto a scenario I liked.