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Idea for a Story
A writer is out walking, trying to think of a new idea for a story when a piece of paper blowing in the wind hits him in the face. There’s a story-idea written on it: this idea!
Does he use it?



Bu-but how? he thought. It’s impossible! The chances of this happening... It’s... It’s fractal, ...consubstantial... Almost too strange for words. And what a beautifully simple idea! The whole story needn’t be more than a page long. But what did it mean: ‘Does he use it?’ Of course he uses it, why wouldn’t he? If it was his story he’d definitely use...

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