"“Everything you can see is always falling toward something. And the fact that most things aren’t..."
“Everything you can see is always falling toward something. And the fact that most things aren’t hitting anything is one of the most amazing, non-boring things you will ever witness.”
Charles imagined his own feet, pressed against the floor of his house. He realized that if the floor were to disappear, he’d fall until he hit another floor. He never realized that he was always falling into the earth, and that the only thing stopping him from getting hurt was the ground that was constantly stopping his fall.
Charles’s father saw the confusion on his son’s face. “Don’t think about falling,” he said, “Just try looking ahead.”
Charles went back outside and peered into his telescope. He spent an hour staring at a giant rock that was falling toward him, always missing.
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Try Looking Ahead, by me!
Just wanted to share an excerpt from my upcoming book, Try Looking Ahead from Rosarium Publishing. The book comes out May 1st and it is a collection of sci-fi short stories aimed at Young Adults. Each story is sort of a modern day fable, heavily influenced by the Twilight Zone in tone and execution. In fact, an unnamed “editor” who pops up occasionally in the book is a short and surly man who talk about hope and progress throughout. It’s a modern-day pulp, with stories about climate change, the horrors of gun violence, identity, letting go of the past, and accepting different cultures.
This excerpt is from the final story in the book, called “Try Looking Ahead,” and is about the lifelong relationship between a father, his child, and gravity. I wrote it long before watching Interstellar, I promise.
Anyway - please feel free to pre-order the book (it’s only $7.95 on Amazon!). I’m very proud of it.
