It was a wonder the neighbors didn't complain. And I know it's irrational, maybe even paranoid, but I imagined the old guy upstairs must have heard me crying lately and was mocking my ... [+]
Andrea Goyan is an award-winning author. Recent stories are available in Small Wonders, Intrepidus Ink, Dark Matter Presents: Monstrous Futures, Flash Fiction Magazine, and The Molotov Cocktail. You can find more of her words on her website www.andreagoyan.com or follow her on Twitter. "How Me and Petey Saved the World" is in Short Circuit #16, Short Édition's quarterly review.
Me and Petey didn't mean to break the world. Honest. We were just bored and looking to have a bit of fun. And you know, high school dropouts like us don't know anything about physics. Hell, we probably cut class the day Mr. Payne warned us about parallel universes. So, unlike the dangers of time travel, which everyone knows, we had no idea crossing back and forth across the multiverse could cause problems. And frankly, as time passes, we aren't even sure if our recollections about how things were before are even accurate.
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