Author: | Connie Suttle | ISBN: | 9781939759290 |
Publisher: | SubtleDemon Publishing, LLC | Publication: | May 20, 2014 |
Imprint: | Connie Suttle | Language: | English |
Author: | Connie Suttle |
ISBN: | 9781939759290 |
Publisher: | SubtleDemon Publishing, LLC |
Publication: | May 20, 2014 |
Imprint: | Connie Suttle |
Language: | English |
I got out five years ago.
Untalented, they said.
In other words, they didn't know what to do with me, and murder usually leaves a mess.
I understood messes. Saw too many of them in my dreams. That's why I live where I do, still in their shadow but outside their walls. The conditions, of course, are that I have to move every five years, check in now and then and never, ever, talk about them to anyone.
It was time to move.
* * *
Cloud Dust is a secret, government program, in which ninety-five per cent of the volunteers are dead.
Meet the one who didn't volunteer...
I got out five years ago.
Untalented, they said.
In other words, they didn't know what to do with me, and murder usually leaves a mess.
I understood messes. Saw too many of them in my dreams. That's why I live where I do, still in their shadow but outside their walls. The conditions, of course, are that I have to move every five years, check in now and then and never, ever, talk about them to anyone.
It was time to move.
* * *
Cloud Dust is a secret, government program, in which ninety-five per cent of the volunteers are dead.
Meet the one who didn't volunteer...