Contact

“Approximately twenty-five years ago, extraterrestrials first made contact,” the scientist explained. “It was melodious, but indecipherable sound. We released it to an unknowing world hoping someone would crack the code.”

“Really? I’ve never heard it.”

He pressed play, and for the millionth time I heard Super Mario Bros. World 1-1.

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Note: “Old Shame” refers to stories I’ve written in the past that I’ve previously published elsewhere, mostly to Deviant Art. While they won’t count towards the one story every day, I’ll put one here every now and then to pad my story count give the blog a bit more substance.

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