By Michael Croban
Her tears, they seemed so real. “Talk to me, please. Say something.”
Seconds felt like eons. His face showed no expression as he spoke. “You annihilated me.”
Numbness felt worse than any pain imaginable.
“You took away my soul. The very reason for my existence. I’m not here. I’m a ghost.”
The lifeless tone of his voice camouflaged the unspeakable sadness within.
“I still love you,” she whispered and put her palm on the glass. His dead eyes didn’t even blink.
“One minute,” the guard warned.
“I’m done,” he said to the guard and hung up the phone.
The ghost disappeared.
Wow. Such an intense story in so little words. Great job!
The simplicity gives it the emotional gut punch, not to mention the vivid images it manages to create. The more you re-read it, the more vivid it gets too. It’s a poignant story about not letting go and how some just can’t cope with loss and it’s great that you can interpret it either as a sci fi story or a bare bones drama. I really enjoyed it, really well done 🙂