Author

Marco Giandomenico

I wanted to challenge myself to create an emotional story in under 200 words. I wrote "The Experiment" in first-person because I hoped the identity shift of the narrator would thereby resonate more with the reader.

- Marco Giandomenico

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The Experiment

The experiment had been a success. I was staring at my clone, marveling at how different he looked from my self-image. He was a living reflection with new independence and he examined me with the same sense of wonder and bewilderment. My colleagues shared the joy, and I could…