"Eilam Is Forever" — published in Apex Magazine, issue 124, July 2021. Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/eilam_is_forever Beth Dawkins grew up on front porches, fighting imaginary monsters with sticks, and building castles out of square hay bales. She currently...
He is at a console, his hands running over the keypad. His fingers are faster than anyone else’s. His mind cannot reach the capacity of my processing power, but the way he thinks, computing thoughtlessly, is akin to my own. The other reason he is my second choice is because he has a 57% chance of being murdered within his first year as captain, but I can work to make him safe.
There are two kinds of people; those who go over the wall, and those who stay behind. No one who goes over the wall is heard from again.
Listen to our audio presentation of “The Pulse of Memory” by Beth Dawkins. Narrated by Drew Mierzejewski.
The first thing I fell in love with, other than my family, was the fish in tank two.