Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Theres a bang and something is spinning in the air between me and the sun, I can’t see what it is but its not good. Its a piece of engine, that much I know, because the Volvo hasn’t moved, I duck because I can’t tell if its coming my way, something did. After a moment I realise the air filter is missing and theres a little fire in the hole in the bonnet, the chromed filter now 40 feet directly above the car, whirling, casting its shadow over me.


3 comments

    • Yes, fine. Not fiction, but a day out at drag racing, good fun but maybe a little too much adrenaline in that moment. The filter and housing was caught by one of the marshalls by the car, the thing that came my way was the shadow as the filter flew directly upward from the bonnet.

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