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Chapter 11 – Griff
A week passed in a strange blur of excitement and monotony. Some of the excitement came from piecing together just how they’d found themselves in this unexpected and unprecedented predicament. From radio reports, Griff learned that the blackout was the result of a gigantic solar flare – one that shot into Earth’s atmosphere like a billion hydrogen bombs and took down the power grid in the entire Northern Hemisphere. In a weird way, there was something exhilarating about this, that something so big and radical was going on, something significant enough to rock society to its core and cause a large-scale disruption of the status quo. Everyone knew that the…
Chapter 10 – Helios
Alan pushed back his chair and approached the whiteboard with a distant look in his eyes, marker in hand. Liz knew what was coming. She had seen that look before: Alan in his zone of thought. He began writing numbers, formulas, and equations and didn’t stop until the white board resembled a distant solar system. Every now and then, he would pause and turn his head just a little so his peripheral vision would pick up some signal from Liz or one of his other colleagues in the room – William, Kiara, and Abby – sitting comfortably around the high school conference room table. They, in turn, would nod their…
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Chapter 9 – V
Nine PM. People were leaving the meeting, mostly in groups of two or three. Some were chatting about the meeting, but most were talking about their plans for the weekend. The man, simply known as “V,” moved the “Caution Wet Floor” sign once again before picking up his mop and going back to work on the floor. Damn high school kids, he thought. Dirtier than pigs. Truth is, he kind of enjoyed the repetitive, mind-numbing work. He kept his back hunched, head down, a baseball cap covering his eyes. No one ever noticed the janitor. It was the perfect cover. Shame about the previous janitor. Luckily, when the school was desperate, V…
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Chapter 7 – Helios
Kiara Forrester drove her recently washed and waxed silver BMW down North Scottsdale road 15 mph above the speed limit on her way to Liz and Alan’s home, barely pausing at stop signs. She had meant to leave her reputation for lateness back in the lab in New Jersey, but it wouldn’t stop following her. She sighed and looked at the dash where the clock read 4 PM. Great. Liz’s email said the birthday BBQ started at 3:30 PM, and Jace was already nervous about meeting everyone for the first time. Pulling Jace out of the old neighborhood and moving to Arizona sounded exciting and adventurous at first, but as…
Every Story Has a Beginning
Graham Elder January 20, 2019 – 4 min read Why, in the name of God, would you want to write a novel with someone else? A potential recipe for frustration if ever there was one. Still, it seemed so simple at the time, 5 years ago, each with a glass in hand celebrating our 20thmedical school reunion at a wine tasting event. “Hey, how do you feel about writing a novel together? I’ve always wanted to write something. We could help each other learn the trade. How hard could it be?” Diamond hard? No. Harder. But why submit ourselves to the humiliation of being neophyte learners once again? Practically starting…
