There’s a gap, in this conversation. A spot where it… glitches, might be the right word.
“Al, come on!”
“I’m—”
“Hurry up!”
Like a record needle jumping. Like skipping through channels. Something a little bit wrong.
Like the voice in the background, when his heartbeat quiets, whispering wake up.
Alexa Donley is a speculative fiction writer from Washington. When not writing, she can be found traveling or walking in storms. Her first novel, The House on the Rocks, is available now.
Very disturbing, disquieting, spooky. A great work of speculative fiction. It reminds me of Mike in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein). Forbin Project, eat your heart out. Alexa has done it, done it all! Alexa? ALEXA??? Where the hell is that girl? ……..everywhere………