The Traveler Part 4 She flashed her gold colored badge at the entrance to the emergency room waiting area, cutting ahead of at least 50 desperate people waiting outside for their turn to continue waiting inside. The smell of rank illness accosted her immediately upon entering, interspersed with acrid sweet… Read More »The Traveler – Part 4
The Traveler Part 3 Within the amber embrace of ancient cedar, cold LED lights reverberated from wall to wall, appearing to charge the wooden logs of the cabin with warm energy, so that the golden light of the room seemed to emanate directly from the wood itself. Virginia Dyer stood… Read More »The Traveler – Part 3
The Traveler Part 2 A miasma of darkness festered in the seabed avenues of the Old City. As the moon rose, low tide peeled away the sea and left behind rank brine and lichen slick asphalt. Soon the Lost New Yorkers, mole-pale, would scurry down from their dens inside the… Read More »The Traveler – Part 2
The Traveler Part 1 Algal vats shouldn’t smell like feet. Healthy blue-green algae has a refreshing, organic odor, like moss after a light rain. All the grow tanks are in clean rooms, workers wear HEPA ventilators and hazmat suits, and pass through a denaturing spray not even extremophile bacteria can… Read More »The Traveler – Part 1