into the stars, shaking his head. "This is fucking insane, " he muttered to himself, looking

studies in recent years, suggesting scientists were closing in on mapping the DNA of some cr

t twinkle of light from

a long, breathless moment

racker going off-only to jus

ed on-bobbing and swaying-

July out here in the abandoned

is truck, unable to believe hi

f string and flute, that seemed

to turn it on, but it revved a

he dash in f

ere now danc

was rising e

voices beca

girls in melodious harmony-

starbursts and endless circli

d his truck door and

ve scooped him up, as

-awoke in the middle

gh the trees which way

how long he had lain

bove through the cra

ch ran up his spine o

hellbent on getting out

eard it, the sound of

lash in the sky, as i

of the split in real

saucer and set down u

r a time before findin

nt, tracking fast thro

across a stream, how

ed on but kept feeling the direction was wrong. Finally, the humming returned and he founded

ing that he had to shield his eyes-and there was a great flash. After the bright light died off

wing from their cores-as if their chakras were still alive-s

heard in his head. One wear

d, in a soft glass voice of ne

ttered. "Why have you brough

Kane, however, we come arme

exhaustion and exhilaration

ir circle around him-reaching

rying to fend them off-but th

ever, they simply lifted him u

nsion-but we are no longer of this world. We were once humans o

e? I was supposed to die today

. You see, Kyle, we died befo

? Are you saying I died out th

rry on where we cut it off-for just like you, each of us was a selfish suicide-and each of us regretted the exit. But you see us here today because we each failed to find our way back to Love-and so we were damned to save 1000 souls before we could save our own. But you still have time to learn your lessons, Kyle Kane. This i

horses running wild. It was not the night he had expected-but an unexpected turn into the abyss of quantum entanglement. As Deodorph continued to explain to him, now he was fluid. He was more free of his fleshy moorings-yet still rooted in reality. This was hi

their time runs short, just as it did for us. Our hope is to redeem enough that we too may someday

l state of things-ready to at least put one foot in front of the o

derlites were gone. 'Be not

r a sign of where to go, when

t, feeding back up into the sk

of there-and his first thought

cided to open his heart up and embrace the weird way things were unrolling. He settled within him

e walked westward, already half the man he was only hours ago-a

n sure what hour it was-or how long he had been gone. It was still night out, but perhaps this

e was hovering an inch above the ground-cushioned beneath his soles by an icy blue Soulfyr. It wa

hat he was looking for-or of what he was intending to do-becau

n from happiness that he had endured in recent years-including h

ove him, but looking in the mirror, he could not see what she saw.

m of light, he noticed more clea

en next, " he whispered. He pu

jolly, it was a wonder what s

aybe she felt that way about everyone in her life-since she had

rang in his ears in unison, ri

h-and you learn what you've lost. Her name is not Heather-nor g

ding up the picture of Heathe

blank white square that suddenly caught fire-causing him to f

could be sure of was that it