Author Archives: Chad

Eloa scratched his head and looked at the message again. He’d never seen a communication error like this before. The message on the sceen in front of him was a mishmash of letters, numbers, and punctuation symbols. But something was … Continue reading →

“It’s simple, really. We’ve tried to make this as easy as possible. You can come with us,” the man told him. “Or some time in the next few weeks the police can pull your body out of the Bernedigo River.” … Continue reading →

Crime was increasing. Even the government progagandists couldn’t deny it anymore. More and more people were abandoning society and turning to personal greed. It had been practically unknown before the meteor, but more and more it seemed that times were … Continue reading →

Jevo settled into his seat in the last row of the theater. Mirena had always liked to sit up nearer the front so the screen completely filled her field of vision and she could feel entirely immersed in the film. … Continue reading →

Mirena had noticed the change almost immediately. Not the change that the rest of the world saw, but the real change, the dark change, the secret change that other people refused to believe. At first.

Floran followed the attendant into the room. A familiar site greeted him. All of the equipment that he had been working on for so long was there. He couldn’t help but glance at the readings. 119 psi on the alescrontium, … Continue reading →

Mirena awoke, a sudden sense of fright gripping her chest. Something was missing, something important. But the memories of the dream slipped, mockingly, from her mind. She thrust out her arm, fingers reaching only at air, urging the something that … Continue reading →

Eloa stepped out of the building, blinking his way into the bright outside world. He peered up at the rocket and suddenly stopped in his tracks. It was silhouetted against the sun, a tall dark spire standing prominently in the … Continue reading →

“You can’t look at it that way,” I had told him. “This won’t last forever.” He looked at me with arched eyebrows and opened his mouth, but I had continued before he could speak. “This life is like a journey … Continue reading →

I think I was about 4 when it happened. People tell me that it must have been a big shock at such a young age, but I’m not sure I really noticed it like that. The only reason that I … Continue reading →