Stories by Leon de la Garza
I’m getting closer now. Four million years down, eight million to go. There is still hope. I may still find a home. A place for everyone, a place where we can talk again, dance again, laugh again. We left Earth five million years ago, trying to escape our death. Centuries of human development made…
Primo stood beside his friend Harry at the base of the launch pads, watching the towering interplanetary ships standing before him. ”Amazing what we‘ve accomplished… as a race I mean”, said Harry. The cheering from the crowd made his voice almost inaudible. ”Yes Harry. I first thought of that on October 15, 2412 at…
At first we started it as a joke. A group of “spies”. What were we going to do? Foil a conspiracy to overthrow the President? Find out that Mitch‘s wife was cheating on him? Discover the underground movement to free the most wanted criminals? It was a joke. And as a joke we worked. On…
We were sent on a mission to restore life on Mars. That’s all I can remember now. My previous life is now only a vague half memory seeping constantly away. I have been orbiting Earth for three hundred years. Life support systems are still operational. The radio transmitter is still out of my reach. My…
I am writing this on Monday, the 16th of September 2013, at 13:13. This will be the last time I leave a record of my life here. I am done with my current life, I cannot bear it anymore. Most people to read this won’t believe what I‘m about to write. I’m going to describe…
”Take me out” ”Take me out one last time” Ian looked down at her thin frail body. Her skin seemed indistinguishable from the sheets on her bed, pale, soft, wrinkled. The smell of antibiotics filled the air in the room and the continuous sound of the monitors pierced his ears. He looked at the…