“I’m skeptical,” I said.
The surgeon’s eyes smiled down at me. A mask covered her mouth.
“You’re in good hands, Miss Forte,” she said.
My mind tripped through memories as it wound down into sleep. When next I woke, I would have two eyes again.
A reward, they said, for my “outstanding heroism” in the course of my duties.
Read More The Eye That Won’t DieOnce, there was a man who woke one morning, and upon uttering his first word for the day, discovered that the word was stuck in his throat, for the word had turned to stone.
He tried to cough out the stone, but he had uttered the word upon an exhale. He had no breath left to cough. He clutched at this throat, his eyes growing wide when he felt the stone slide down his throat. By instinct, he swallowed, and he felt the heavy lump descend through his chest and drop down into his belly.
Read More The Day That Words TransformedThe newly appointed Captain Dorus gazed at his new crew, each one interviewed and hand-picked by him. The not-so-hotshot pilot, Orson, who retired early after she was nearly killed flying into a star during a practice maneuver. The experienced engineer, Rekha, whose tendency to tinker a little too much got her booted off the first four ships she was assigned to. A doctor, Shade, who had no specialty because she kept getting distracted by new discoveries. And the actor, Kellu, whose purpose there no one—including himself—quite understood.
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