Originally posted by pawnhandlerThat's like the other story of the man who made a deal with the devil or something (maybe it was one wish from a genie in a lamp, but I digress), so he said he wanted to live forever. So then he gets the bright idea to kill his ex-wife since they couldn't execute him for it. Then he gets life imprisonment. 🙂
Oooh, there was a story in I think Twilight Zone magazine -- I forget but it was the 70s. A man new precisely when he was going to die, so he took all sorts of risks. He became a high-wire acrobat but didn't care about safety because he knew he wouldn't die until Date X, like when he was in his 60s or something. Then he fell and sustained an injury -- ...[text shortened]... the neck down -- and knew he'd stay that way, bedridden and helpless (old book) for decades.
Originally posted by Suzianne😀 Perfect!
That's like the other story of the man who made a deal with the devil or something (maybe it was one wish from a genie in a lamp, but I digress), so he said he wanted to live forever. So then he gets the bright idea to kill his ex-wife since they couldn't execute him for it. Then he gets life imprisonment. 🙂
Originally posted by pawnhandlerYeah, I think that was a story originally written by Richard Matheson in the 60's. He also did a lot of the Twilight Zone stories and some of the early TZ stories were loosely based on his previously published stories. He was a good journeyman author.
Oooh, there was a story in I think Twilight Zone magazine -- I forget but it was the 70s. A man new precisely when he was going to die, so he took all sorts of risks. He became a high-wire acrobat but didn't care about safety because he knew he wouldn't die until Date X, like when he was in his 60s or something. Then he fell and sustained an injury -- ...[text shortened]... the neck down -- and knew he'd stay that way, bedridden and helpless (old book) for decades.