He thought, This is it. I’m finally going up there, where all the great ones went before me. The vast, unexplored frontier that most only dream about was his.

“One more minute,” they said. His heart counted down the final seconds.

Then the doctor pulled the plug.

This is it.

Taylor Bryant is a 4th year student at Southeast Missouri State University. He is currently studying music composition, though he writes short stories in his free time.