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A Watched Pot

No Space for Family [Chapter 4] Grandma took some time to get used to things. The first morning, a knock came to the door of my brother’s room. That’s the one I was sharing with him in case you forgot. Terren got himself up and opened the door. Beyond the blinding light was Grandma, allContinue reading “A Watched Pot”

A New Trick or Two

No Space for Family [Chapter 3] Consider space— like, outer space, for you people that live on a planet. Consider that there is more nothing than there is something. Does that make sense? Like there are stars and planets and asteroids and other little celestial bodies, but the rest of that is literally nothing. AndContinue reading “A New Trick or Two”

Step Mother Board

No Space for Family [Chapter 2] I could have gotten out of there if I tried. My brother’s and my rooms used to be secure storage areas back when the Ora was a regular freighter. They were rooms where valuable or fragile cargo was stored away and protected. That way, if someone boarded the shipContinue reading “Step Mother Board”

An Old Dog

No Space for Family [Chapter 1] “Go to your room,” my dad directed, turning back to face me waiting in the corridor. Normally, I would have just hung my hands down by my lap and made a sad face back at him. That would have been enough for him to shrug or roll his eyesContinue reading “An Old Dog”

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept – Now On Sale!

It was the summer of 2002. I remember spending it on the internet playing games. Now, that might seem like a long time ago. I guess it was. And a lot of things were different back then. The internet and video games back then definitely were. A lot of things were also the same. Like school,Continue reading “The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept – Now On Sale!”