Everything’s Brighter
The doctor warned Lawrence Waters that the first forty-eight hours would be the most difficult. It’s not so much the shock to the system, but as the body accustoms to […]
Category Archives: Short Stories
Grace Olive Kettridge
Grace Olive Kettridge, who goes by her middle name, was born on March 7th, 1982 at 4:43 pm at St. Agnes’ Hospital in Townsville, Montana. Yesterday was her 32nd birthday. […]
Surviving Breach
“It began in the south. Temperatures continued to rise and what they called the o-zone layer, which protected the Earth, was failing. In their attempt to fix it, they created […]
The Veil
And yet another year had passed for Russell. He was a bit taller. His facial hair had continued to fill in. He’d replaced one pair of shoes and three shirts. […]
Beyond Breach
He stares at the visual monitor like he expects to see something out there. He won’t. He tells me to slow down, afraid the engines will overheat and that we’ll […]
Breach
They argue with each other that they know the etchings on the wall, as they call them, are from before The Shift. I find that hard to believe, because the […]
Last Night
My glass was half empty and the conversation was waning so I excused myself and made my way to the bar. The entire event was wearing on me, but Rogers […]
The Broken Sandals
It wasn’t anger that had kept Jeremy up most of the night. It was something different. Something he couldn’t quite describe when Mr. Larimore Jenkins III asked him why he […]
A Son to his Father
He closed his eyes and let the heat absorb into his cracked skin. His phone was still ringing but could barely be heard over the commotion. He felt people […]
The Lobby
I had been to the Toronto Airport once years prior and had a horrible experience in which they lost my flight. Seems an impossible thing to have happen, but it […]
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