From Below

by Darcy Coates

She was an astronaut on her own planet.

Once we die and once the soul separates, we are no longer human but only a body to be returned to the soil.

That hole was his now, and he would doggedly cling to it until death.

They’d started to leave the walls.

If they weren’t careful, they would very soon be living in the dark. Lost, never to be found again.

“I know. I know. It was so dumb. I just wanted to dive. I didn’t want to have to watch it on the screen; I wanted to be down there. I took chips out of your ROVs. They’re in my duffel bag. I was going to give

Why not admit to this earlier