‘Okay, great, I just pulled into the parking lot. Damn, I’m thirty minutes early. Too early, I’ll look eager.’

Stepper looks at his watch.

‘I’ll review my notes on this place.’ Stepper starts to read through the company’s history, again.

someone knocks on his window. It’s a beautiful woman.

‘Sir, can you help me? My car died, and it’s in the middle of the road. Can you push it to the side for m...

A splash of black water unnerved her soul, because she knew it was right there, underneath the boat. It was her only shot, to paddle to the island on a moonless night. She’s was so close, only a few good thrusts away, when the paddle was ripped out of her hand. Swimming and praying weren’t options, only action and bravery. She took a deep breath, and stilled her mind, slowed the world, and started...

I’m sleeping when it happened.

The spinning and tumbling, the darkness enclosing, and…what is that? Silence? Sort of silence, muffled screaming, and swishing, but there’s something else I can’t do. I can’t touch anything. Not the ground, not the car, not even the air. Then I realize I can’t breathe in, I can’t find up, I can’t see anything - I’m drowning.

To see a glimmer of red, to see anythin...