by Cheryl | Jul 4, 2024 | Story Excerpts
YEAR: 2069 The conference room was abuzz, reporters from every corner of the globe, pressed into the stuffy room, awaiting the space agency chief. When he finally appeared, he took them through an elaborately detailed explanation of the mission to Mars. “We launched...
by Cheryl | Nov 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was a hot day. Ridiculously hot. I climbed into my open-top car waiting outside Sarajevo Station. I touched my hands to the leather steering wheel and immediately pulled them back.“God, that’s hot!” Even in the shade of the station, the steering wheel burned...
by Cheryl | Nov 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
This short story is a reimagining of the classic Lord of the Flies by William Golding in which the point of view is a character of James’s own creation. I awoke suddenly, confused by my surroundings. I smelled burnt plastic and metal. I heard creaking and...
