…came to me almost seven years after I left the BFA program at Bowling Green State University here in Ohio. And it came from a Hollywood writer, director and producer I happen to have a great deal of respect for–David Milch (Deadwood, John from Cincinnati, NYPD Blue, etc.).
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The people of the colony gather around the rubble of the fallen temple. They are staring, shaking their heads and murmuring amongst themselves. There hasn’t been so much as an uncontrolled fire in the colony, much less a disaster of this magnitude. A silence falls over [...]

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Jordan awakens with a jolt. He is disoriented, but he still knows his boundaries. He can see the bubble clearly now. What is it about God? He has never thought about it, but now he knows. He knows with complete certainty what happens next. [...]

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It’s a clean glow. A soft buzz, growing louder. It’s a funnel with a marble rolling in concentric circles, halving the distance but never quite getting to the hole. It’s life, open and vast, a plane of clouds merging with other clouds, forming pictures in the [...]

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Jordan shuts off the computer and rubs his eyes with his thumb and forefinger. In one motion, he brushes a palm over his bald head, exhales, and looks out the tinted fiberglass window of the room. He sees at a sword made of diamond and steel, hung [...]

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Elder File # 10111
Jordan Mabusco-67-1812
This file pertains to the lunar citizen Jordan Mabusco-67-1812, male child, born of Meredith Mabusco-67, one of the original inhabitants of the colony. She is the only living original inhabitant. As of the writing of this file, steps are being taken to [...]

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After putting on the EPS and exiting the depot, Jordan takes a final look back. It’s a small shack, unilluminated and uninteresting, barely detectable in the starlight. He makes the first yawning jump that will take him back to civilization. Jordan has grown up in an environment [...]

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