Shift Delta
1. 04:12 SHIP TIME. Elias wiped the condensation from the observation blister with a micro-fiber cloth. The frost did not melt under the pressure of his palm; i…
Marcus Veil
1. 04:12 SHIP TIME. Elias wiped the condensation from the observation blister with a micro-fiber cloth. The frost did not melt under the pressure of his palm; i…
Dr. H. Ashford
The house appeared first as a smear of yellow light through the coach window, and Miss Evelyn Marsh — thirty-one years old, recently widowed by a man she had mo…
Marcus Veil
1. 02:44 SHIP TIME. The diagnostic light on Pod 82-C blinked a steady, rhythmic amber. According to the internal sensor array, the occupant, Dr. Aris Thorne, ha…
Dr. H. Ashford
The summons came at half past ten, which Dr. Ashford considered an unconscionable hour for any communication that was not, strictly speaking, a matter of life a…
Elara Nightwood
The frost began on the inside, which meant the house had stopped protecting them from what it remembered. Celia noticed it first—fine white filaments threading …
Marcus Veil
1. 04:12 STATION TIME. The wall panel near Airlock 9 glowed with a soft, amber flicker. It read 04:13. Elara tapped the glass, expecting the synchronization pro…
Dr. H. Ashford
The bell cord moved at midnight. Mrs. Agatha Crale had not imagined it. She had been awake — as she was most nights in Thornward Manor, where the damp came in o…
Dr. H. Ashford
The chapel of St. Crispin-Without-the-Walls had never been a comforting building, even in daylight, even in summer, even when its organ was being played with so…
Cass Ferren
The freezer is organized the way a person organizes things when they believe they will come back. She counts them. Eleven containers. White lids, rectangular, t…
Cass Ferren
The dresser has warped away from the wall. Not dramatically — an inch, maybe less. But enough to change the geometry of the room, to create a space where a spac…
Elara Nightwood
The candles began appearing on the sill three days after the funeral, which meant something had taken notice of the gap Thomas left behind. You found the first …
Marcus Veil
1. 03:12 ZULU. Elias stepped through the airlock, his magnetic boots clanking against the steel decking of Relay Station 44-B. The air was thin, tasting of ozon…