Memory and identity
Tommy has been erased from the minds and memories of everyone except Ozzie.
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Shaun David Hutchinson - Author
This is a speculative story about memory, disappearance and a changing universe, rooted in Ozzie’s relationships with Tommy and Calvin. Its emotional centre appears to be Ozzie’s effort to hold on to someone everyone else has forgotten while facing new feelings and limited time.
Tommy and Ozzie have been best friends since second grade, and boyfriends since eighth. They spent countless days dreaming of escaping their small town-and then Tommy vanished. more accuretly he ceased to exist, erased from the minds and memories of everyone who knew him. Everyone except Ozzie. Ozzie doesn't know how to navigate life without Tommy, and soon he suspects that something else is going on: that the universe is shrinking. when Ozzie is paired up with the reclusive and secretive Calvin for a physics project, Its hard for him to deny the feelings developing between them, even if he still loves Tommy. but Ozzie knows there isn't much time left to find Tommy-that once the door closes, it can't be opened again. And he's determined to keep it open as long as possible.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a speculative story about memory, disappearance and a changing universe, rooted in Ozzie’s relationships with Tommy and Calvin. Its emotional centre appears to be Ozzie’s effort to hold on to someone everyone else has forgotten while facing new feelings and limited time.
Tommy has been erased from the minds and memories of everyone except Ozzie.
Ozzie has loved Tommy while developing feelings for Calvin.
Ozzie suspects the universe is shrinking and seeks answers while working with Calvin on a physics project.
Ask how Ozzie’s memories affect his choices, and whether the story treats holding on, letting go or pursuing the impossible as admirable, costly, or simply necessary.
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