There is a place in this ship that few people know about and that I like to visit. It’s hidden below the storage area in the back, near where June and Boid go and kiss themselves when the lights go off; They don’t know that’s where I spend the nights, they don’t know I watch…
Category: Glimpses
We’re Leaving Earth Behind
I can still see it from here. I haven’t lost track of it yet. Among the millions of stars around it, it still shines blue, it still looks like home. I spend my days walking through these white hallways, the ones with the soft floors, the ones where your feet don’t hurt after having walked…
Another Earth
Another Earth. It’s where they told me I was going. To another world in the outer reaches of the galaxy. Apparently Earth ran on out of prison space. They said I would have a new life, they said I wouldn’t even notice I was gone, they said it would be just like home, just like…
What Are You?
What are you? A question I was asked once. I remember it entirely. I had been waiting for the night somewhere in the desert next to a small road, waiting for the absence of vibration, for the less chaotic darkness and the glow of the moon to illuminate my reflective body. It’s the way I…
Black Side Down, Shiny Side Up
Black side down, shiny side up. A joke instruction on my new driverless vehicle. It’s meant to be a reference to the car’s simplicity. Just set it on the street and you’re good to go. I didn’t find it much different than all the others, but it made me chuckle. That’s definitely a plus. I…
The Last Hot Shower
It finally ran out, and I don’t know what to do. I’m stranded on this forsaken planet waiting for someone to look for me, waiting for someone to notice that I’m gone. I left my world in search for water. I wanted to bring back hope for my people, but who am I kidding, they…
The World Under the Drain
I was eight when it happened. It had been a rough day at school, tons of homework, tons of house chores, you know, that type of day. I had been waiting for the night to take me away into the land of dreams and it came as it always did, but it didn’t take me…
The Monster In The Ship
I’ve been sitting at this dark window for hours, staring out into the black voids of the universe; I’ve been watching the stars twinkle from beyond our reach. It’s not that I find them particularly interesting, they aren’t, at least not from this distance; It’s that I dread the idea of going to my room…
The Man Who Knew Everything
At first I was ecstatic. Every question anyone asked, I knew the answer to. Every question I asked myself, ceased to be a mystery. It was everything I had dreamed of. Knowing it all, everything, unlocking the secrets of the world one at a time. It started locally. When my parents noticed my ability they…
His Second Life
“Come in please,” said the lady in the white coat, “Are you sure you want to do this?” “Hi, thank you. Yeah. I’m sure,” Leah said. She walked through the door into the large hall where a myriad different tools and weapons sat in display. “They’ll bring him in shortly.” Leah waited, she wasn’t sure…