By Samuel Barnwell
The robotic voice pierces the air. “One minute to collision.”
I tremble. One minute to death.
“40 seconds.”
I yank at my cell’s metal bars.
“30 seconds.”
I scream for help—a guard, another inmate, anyone. There’s only one voice.
“20 seconds.”
It’s hopeless. I slump on the floor, devastated. This is where I die.
“10 seconds.”
I look out the window, see the moon float towards the earth. Beautiful. “Okay,” I whisper, and smile.
The oxygen mask comes off my face, that hollow voice ringing through the air. “Inner peace found. Simulation over.”
I leave the lab a changed man.
Cool story!
Yikes — gave me an incredible anxiety attack! Very well presented, nice tight writing.
Great story!
Fun! Very suspenseful, too.
This was so good!
This was so well written that I almost had a heart attack from the suspense of just reading the story!
But what happens if inner peace isn’t found?
Now there’s another story…
Thanks for the replies!