Echoes of Tomorrow
Category: Sci-Fi
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
The end.