Kitchen Of The Future

Jack Masterton placed a smooth red potato in a clear plastic box andpressed a button.

Tens of microbots crawled out of a chute and onto the potato. Jackwatched their coordinated dance, each microbot leaving behind astraight white line exposing the starchy flesh.

Stage two. The microbots circled between the potato and an exit chute,each carrying a tiny ball of peel which they flung in the chute. Eachthen returned to the potato.

Stage three. Jack removed the perfectly peeled potato from the box andsmiled to himself. Amazing that people once used a knife for this.

From Guest Contributor Ross Clement

Christmas Cards

My eccentric aunt sits in front of a stack of approximately one hundred Christmas cards, freshly signed, sealed and stamped.

“May I help? Let me mail them for you,” I offer.

I grab a plastic bag. As I manoeuvre cards into the open bag, about one third fall to the floor. I kneel down to scoop them up.

She begins to wail. “Don’t you realize, I spent forty minutes sorting them into fashionable zip code order?”

Is there any point in explaining they will become part of the greater mass once dropped through the chute at the Central Post Office?From Guest Contributor Barry O'Farrell

Barry is an actor who sometimes writes, living in Brisbane, Australia. Barry's stories can be found at Cyclamens & Swords, 101 Words, The Flash Fiction Press and here at A Story In 100 Words. One of Barry's stories was runner up in the recent Arts Alliance competition.