“Sunrise For the Astronaut” (Audio)
The Earth looks beautiful from up here.
The Earth looks beautiful from up here.
The sun set in a valley of waste. The skeletons of buildings that once stood tall stuck out of the dry dirt, like crooked fingers, reaching for the sky. The house on Ninth Street still stood. It didn’t have a roof anymore. The stairs led to empty space where bedrooms once were. The tiles of […]
Carlene sat across from her date, Naz. He had auburn hair and storm grey eyes. He was good looking, not handsome, but cute with a boyish look and dimples. He smiled and she pretended to. They talked and she wanted to enjoy the conversation. They talked in a café and […]
The last man to the moon stayed behind to see the others off, every ten years, a new batch flown across the stars. Sixty years he waited, till the last Human was sent to Titan. The last man to the moon prepared his pod, and waited for affirmation from the colony. A new life awaited […]