Fiction

On june 3rd of 2043, it was the middle of the summer. Everyone was having fun on the beach, making sand castles and having picnics, except for me. I am the one kid who was smart enough to stay indoors on that hot sunny summer day.

I walk, silent, my fingers sliding across the moist bark, knuckles brushing soft moss, the pads of my feet just barely making a sound against the leaves blown across the ground.

My back aches. My knees creak.

I keep on.

As the girls sit on the dock and watch the sun go down, they talk about how it's just the beginning of the summer and all the fun that they are going to have in the next three months.

I tended the small garden outside my small cottage for many years. I grew peas and poppies and rosemary. It was a nice garden.

Roger: I see Sky every day on my way to school. He walks by himself, but I don’t know where he lives. I never really talk to him, except for one time back in third grade when we were partners in gym class.

Chapter one - Lust and Loss (Lyric)

(This is the transcript for an audiodrama. Click the link to listen to the episode. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1231289/5210023-k-8-and-the-grand-reunion)

Are other beings out in space; have they possibly visited this planet without humans realizing? Do they possibly lurk on the planet every day with humans being unaware of their presence?

My fabric would capture me. It would be filled with love, intertwined with adventure and euphoria. The braids and weaves of hope. I would capture the feeling of the sun gently rocking you awake in the morning.

“I am truly free. I am not burdened by caring. I am not tied to anything, not my beliefs, not even my own self preservation. I have escaped time.” 

Nina's hair was curled around her head like two sugary ginger cookies.
"Two large eggs - did you cover the cookbook with flour, Emma? Emma?" Emma drew her eyes away from the spirals of hair and looked into Nina's dark brown eyes.