Over-Reliance

Flash Fiction by Urmilla Kannuswamy

As he pushed his hands deeper into his pockets to hold on to the warmth that was just beyond his reach, he felt his fingers curl around his smart phone.

He unlocked the phone and asked Google for help, like he always did.

A hostile, black screen stared back at him.

It said, ‘No internet connection.’


Urmilla Kannuswamy is a Software Engineer with experience in building websites and mobile applications. Her hobbies are reading, cycling and painting.

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