50wordstories.ca » conversations https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Death(s) https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=205 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=205#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:54:12 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=205 The last man on Earth died for the fifteenth time.

The machine jolted him back to life, repairing any damage within minutes.

It did everything to keep him happy, producing entertainment, stimulating conversations, and everything else it thought he needed.

But it could not give him a purpose.

Meaningless immortality.

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