Author: Derek R Henig

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Short Stories

Inter|View

(WHAT IF?) What will your life look like in 5 years from now? What do you want to see compared to what you see today? This episode is very different from the normal short story. Since this is episode 6 and we’re coming right after the new year, I thought I would do a bit of dreaming with you while sharing a really cool way for you to dream BIG as well.

So, join me in this imagined interview with myself and an interviewer 5 years from now. Step into the world of my dreams and learn a little about how I got to where I am today. I hope you enjoy and I hope this helps you take your dreams to the next level! 

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Science Fiction Short Stories

Nature

(SCIENCE FICTION) – There’s a secret hidden in plain sight. Jin approaches his friend Quindo under the cover of darkness in an act of desperation. He must pass on what he has discovered, what he has unearthed, and urges his friend, Quindo, to listen to a recording he will send him later that night. Quindo is now passing on these words to us. Jin’s recording promises us that by the end, we will know the secret hidden in plain sight. The secret is on every street corner, in every city and town across the world. The truth can be frightening at times, but it is also liberating…

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Takeaway Idea (From Story)

Acting a Fool

    The biggest obstacle we will always face is fear. If there is any reason we are not living our lives the way we desire, it is because of fear. Fear stops us from taking action. Fear makes us take strange and many times self-sabotaging actions. As the title for chapter 1 of Ripples: Part 2 said, “Fear makes fools of us all.” The first important part there is, “us all.” Everyone gets afraid. Everyone. Some just know how to deal with it better than others. Some have learned how to act when they are afraid because they know this fear is all that lies between where they are and where they want to be. But the other important part, the part we will be focused on, is how fear makes us turn into fools.  

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Science Fiction Short Stories

Ripples: Part 2

(SCIENCE FICTION) The World is in chaos after, “The Vision,” and Taylor is trying to stay true to her new philosophy of living in the moment. Taylor has established her conviction with how she views the World and how she wants to live in it. Now, she’ll have to put that conviction to the test and take action towards what she believes.

Read Ripples: Part 1 here.

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Takeaway Idea (From Story)

Being Your Best

This is the takeaway idea from the podcast episode, Ripples: Part 1. If you haven’t listened/read, there may be “spoilers” here, but you need not have read the story to understand the ideas here!

From the Podcast:

The title of the story, “Ripples,” gives a little hint about the takeaway idea I was aiming for here. It’s the idea that all of our choices in life, our actions, and in-actions, big and small, create ripples in our world that extend far beyond the moment; and usually far beyond what we might be able to see or imagine right now.

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