The Way Back Around: Chapter 3 Upon seeing the first familiarly-named family restaurant, I took to navigating back toward it from the nearest highway exit and around the side roads. The parking lot was conveniently placed between both a motel and the place I had spotted. Hanna watched the wide sign pass by as weContinue reading “Summer Heat”
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The First Leg
The Way Back Around: Chapter 2 After deciding upon the course of action, I turned on the TV once again to stave off the cold silence of the living room. After scanning past the game to get a quick glance at the score- my team a touchdown behind- I settled on a cooking show inContinue reading “The First Leg”
The Land Called LA
The Way Back Round: Chapter 1 The day was Friday. I watched the clock on the corner of my computer screen as the last-minute call from a customer brought me five, then ten minutes past my departure time, and closer to the beginning of the game. With a barrage of thanks-yous and goodbye’s from theContinue reading “The Land Called LA”
The Tenth Day
Pre * De * Cede: Chapter 10 [Final] I only moved Epsilon slightly, back to the corner of the wall of the room. I took the chance to wipe up the water. The lab was slightly disorganized, with opened plastic and paper packets about, as well as a collection of microscope slides and test tubesContinue reading “The Tenth Day”
The Ninth Day
Pre * De * Cede: Chapter 9 Beta had been wrapped in the only other spare blanket we had. I carried the bundle in which Gamma was encased over my shoulder to the airlock door, followed by Beta on Epsilon’s back. I set Gamma down as gently as possible, propped in the corner, before IContinue reading “The Ninth Day”