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April 8, 2017
The Fairies Pond
On most days of the year, The Fairies Pond was just a pond. It’s an isolated body of water in western Oregon with only one trail in. A serene place certainly, but not always worth the eight hour hike to get there. But on one day of the year, what’s called “The Fairies Day,” it’s […]
April 6, 2017
Time’s Window Expanded
Physicist and Mission Specialist Jamie Benjamin and her team of three arrived at the orbiting Mars Base Camp exhausted after their nearly two-hundred day trip from Earth to the red planet. But they were astronauts and had to fulfill their grand legacy of being stoic pioneers. Jamie could almost feel Neil Armstrong looking over her […]
April 5, 2017
This Isn’t My Home Anymore
It’s all changing. My home, or what’s left of it, is barely recognizable. Hard to believe I grew up here. This used to be the field where I flew kites, played tag with my friends, where we ran around pretending to be superheroes. We sure could have used a few of those, but now it’s […]
April 3, 2017
Return to the Dark Realm
The Fourteenth Story in the Adventures of the Ambrosial Dragon: A Children’s Fantasy Series Landon was practicing using his invisible cloak, but without Buddy’s permission. It was Saturday and he was at the playground. While his Grandpa was sitting on a bench reading a book, Landon slyly pulled the cloak out of his backpack, walked […]
April 2, 2017
What I See When I Look At You
The contents of his uncle’s safe deposit box were arranged across Brian Vail’s desktop. He moved the monitor, keyboard, and mouse of his PC to one side to make room. He wouldn’t be using the computer because he already had. The notes, letters, drawings, and other minutia organized in front of him contained far more […]
Strange Sight
He sat on the sandy shore and stared up at the cliff. It would be the last thing he’d ever see. His peripheral vision was closing in on him. He could see the trees, the buildings, the tower, all through a continually narrowing tunnel. “I wish I could have seen your face one more time.” […]
April 1, 2017
Time’s Window
“Temporal Shift Unit is powered up, Commander Sharp.” Physicist Jamie Benjamin and her team had spent a week assembling the complex machinery in Gale Crater, which was believed to be one of Mars’ long dried up lakes. “If this device works as well as it did in the tests on Earth, we could very well […]
March 31, 2017
Seeing Means Changing
Police said that two people died in the car crash. It certainly seemed like they should have. Only I knew they originally did die, but then, I saw it happen yesterday, before it occurred. How do you stop a car accident unless you’re involved? Fortunately, one car was driven by an Uber driver and he […]
March 30, 2017
The Ghost of Natalie Edwards
If you haven’t done so yet, please read Tunnel Vision before continuing here. “I was against Ellis informing you this way, dear Brian, but he was insistant. He felt telling you of the family inheritance before he passed away would make you rather skeptical.” “That’s putting it mildly, Aunt Sharon. If Uncle Ellis had told […]
Tunnel Vision
“You should be relieved, Brian. Your vision is perfectly normal, which frankly is pretty extraordinary for a man of your age.” “Then what the hell is going on, Mallory? Why do I get these episodes or visions that make me feel like I’m going blind?” Brian Vail and Mallory Nelson had grown up together. They […]
