THE JOURNEY • by Deven D Atkinson

At first it was just an animal trace, barely discernible to the naked eye. But soon it turned into a dirt trail, a country road, a superhighway and a stellar warp-lane.

Ian Bailey, a Nundle Koala from north of Sydney, followed it the entire way wanting only to escape Earth and his third class citizen status. Now he sat glowering in a bar nursing a skunky American beer, light-centuries away from the nearest eucalyptus tree, with a drunk Human from Melbourne prattling on and on and on about how humans had had opposable thumbs first.

Deven D Atkinson is a computer programmer living in rural Southern Ohio.

Posted on November 13, 2007 in Science Fiction, Stories
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13 Responses to “THE JOURNEY • by Deven D Atkinson”


  1. “The Journey” is live at Every Day Fiction « Blogtide Rising Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 3:02 am

    [...] live at Every Day Fiction Posted on 13 November 2007 by Deven My quirky little tale, “The Journey” has been published by Every Day Fiction [...]

  2. Jordan Lapp Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 8:56 am

    Loved the quirkiness of this one. It felt inspired.

  3. dj barber Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 8:59 am

    Ha! Funny stuff,Deven.

  4. Steve Goble Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 11:06 am

    The last line is priceless. A great payoff!

  5. Avis Hickman-Gibb Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 11:27 am

    Terrific – and so few words! Loved that last line.

  6. GL Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 2:48 pm

    Haha!

  7. Deven Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    Thanks, everyone. I was a little worried that people wouldn’t “get” my weird sense of humor.

  8. Darlett Says:
    December 5th, 2007 at 6:54 pm

    Wow, short, very full. Enjoyed.

  9. James Steimle Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Very funny–good stuff, Deven!

  10. Lyn Says:
    February 27th, 2008 at 7:59 am

    I concur, good ending. :-)

  11. Deven Says:
    March 15th, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Thanks for the feedback!

  12. This Post is About Something « Blogtide Rising Says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 8:56 am

    [...] to fear by others simply because he was different. Now that is something. I typed out 95 words and The Journey was begun. I had a [...]

  13. This Post is About Something » Flash Fiction Chronicles Says:
    July 10th, 2009 at 4:10 am

    [...] to fear by others simply because he was different. Now that is something. I typed out 95 words and The Journey was begun. I had a [...]

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