"What causes a hernia, Doctor?" Martin asked, curious. "It's not like I strained myself lifting something heavy."
Doctor Kang, the surgeon, had just finished examining the bulge protruding from the right side of Martin's groin.
"The abdominal wall weakened due to the wear and tear on your body." Doctor Kang, who was old himself, was bemused by the look of mild surprise on Martin's face. "Not an uncommon occurrence for a person your age."
"Huh," Martin responded. He prided himself on having no other visible signs of wear and tear.
"Welcome to the future, my friend." Dr. Kang laughed.
Richard Lehan is a fiction writer living in Massachusetts. Most recently, two of his flash fictions were published in May 2025: "A Labyrinth for the Pandemic" in Feed the Holy, and "Wandering Joy" in Suisun Valley Review. In addition, his one-act play "Conflagration" appeared in the Autumn 2024 edition of Rushing Thru the Dark magazine, his short story "Ambulatory" appeared in the Spring 2024 edition of Coneflower Cafe magazine, and another story of his "Ambulatory" appeared in Story Sanctum in December 2023 and was included in their year-end anthology "Tales from the Vault. Finally, his flash fiction "State Forest" also appeared in the 2024 edition of Stolen Shoes Literary & Art Magazine.
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