On X2 Prime, or X2603-A115 as it was referred to in the old databases of the Federation, it was always night. A slowly spinning skyful of stars shone tirelessly down on the barren landscape. The atmosphere was thin and dry, posing little obstruction to the cold, relentless starlight raining down from the great galactic bands …
Category: My Literary Column
I am here.
The spirit of the universe was nowhere to be found and we had charted light years of starways through quiet dust-strewn blankets of forever dark to find ourselves run out of road, staring but into ancient void There is nothing, we relayed as we made to pull the plug for there was nothing to stay …
Explorer
Are you there yet? Have you reached the stratosphere? Look out, look out of your porthole Tell me what you see Is your space capsule given up to the beautiful rolling blanket of stars Is there peace Or just handfuls of cold emptiness To betray our quiet dreams of growing up Is there …
Builders
Welcome to the Age of Light to the blinding digital paradise. Just ask and ye shall receive the spoils of our technologies. One touch and the world arrives for your entertainment on primetime. Make a wish to our shopping malls anything you dream, we’ve got it all. All Rise to the …
Edward’s Death
‘I’m going away.’ This text reached seven people within a few minutes of half past two in the night of the last Tuesday of September, 1999. All of them had been sent simultaneously from a cell phone number that switched off two minutes later. With that, Edward commenced the process of witnessing his own death. …
One Life 