Progress, Not Perfection
Darkside security shoved Evan through the airlock of his home and the black hover car detached and drove off as soon as it sealed. Evan imagined it ending up in a dark, shadowy hanger filled with identical, non-descript cars used by his […]
Evan punched the key code into the door. He walked inside and leaned against the counter. The lights came on and revealed three men sitting around the table.
Silence filled the lab as another test ended. The brief respite from the hours filled with the high-pitched whine of overworked power converters was a relief. Weeks of testing resulted in little progress in containing the massive energy output of Aldric’s dimensional […]
Aldric lay in bed looking out the window overhead. It was one of the few luxuries he afforded himself. Having windows on the moon was expensive, and a little dangerous, but being locked inside his labs for most of his waking hours […]
Evan heads home after a long night of work and dreams of a better future.
“Not to make things any gloomier, but what happens if you die?” Margaret asked.
Evan went pale, but Aldric smiled and said, “The lab explodes and the moon falls into chaos.” Aldric walked around the room to the locked liquor cabinet, reached into his pocket, and pulled an old-fashioned key for the mechanical lock. “So, it is in everybody’s best interest to keep me alive.” He pushed the key into the lock and turned it. The satisfying click of the lock opening made him smile. “There is something to be said for the beauty of simple things,” he whispered.
