What happens to a soul that can’t leave—tethered to a body that’s forgotten how to die? Does it secretly visit people and places it once loved? Is that why the body speaks out of time? Which hurts more—seeing things you cannot touch or touching things you can’t remember?

Deborah Sale-Butler is a Portland, Oregon based writer. Her stories have appeared, or are forthcoming in dozens of publications including “101 Words,” “Twisting, Turning Timeshifts” and “Three X the Fun” anthologies, “Sci Fi Shorts,” “Flash Fiction Magazine,” and “Amazing Stories.” Read more at https://deborah-sale-butler.com.