Author Archives: Catastrophe Jones
The Crash
The crash wiped out everything from the past six months. When the crew discovered the error logs, they could only think of one reasonable solution: they cannibalized the alpha, pulling him out of his connection chair in a fit of … Continue reading
Scars
How long had it been? Eighteen years? He should be in his fifties by now, but age hadn’t touched him in that way. Not physically, at least. With the effects of everything else, there weren’t any lines to define his … Continue reading
Restless Fragment
He awoke on the operating table, strapped down masked surgeons quietly murmuring their own language as the blue white lights bore down on him. The air smelled of antiseptic and blood. He opened his mouth to scream, but the anaesthesiologist … Continue reading
Part Seven
When Nine Trees heard Medowin’s summons, he was in the midst of helping Laila pack. She had gone to her room to find suitable packs for carrying, and he was actually nibbling on the leftovers from breakfast, humming to himself, … Continue reading
Part Six
It was the same as it had been nearly fifty years earlier, with perhaps a new coat of white wash on some fences, different children, children of children of children that ran through the streets that Medowin had walked some … Continue reading