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Lights at the End of the World
by A.F. Stewart

This is Arctic Station 590 

Lieutenant Alice Ripley reporting…

If anyone is still hearing this, Captain Wilbur is gone. He walked out into the melting tundra yesterday. I watched him disappear, swallowed by the light, the same as the rest. That makes the fifth member of the team. I’m the only one left.

I’ve sent the data we collected, for all the good it will do. None of the readings make sense. We still don’t understand the phenomena. We failed. I can only hope that one of the other research stations found something. I know what the news said, but—

Sometimes I wonder, how many people remain in the world?

I don’t know whether there’ll be another report.

I’m the last one here, the last one left.

It’s so quiet now. Except…

I can hear the song, feel the pull of the light.

I don’t know how much longer I can resist.

Arctic Station 590 can you hear us?

Lieutenant Ripley, are you there?

We’ve found the solution.

Lieutenant Ripley, are you receiving this?  

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Fiction © Copyright A.F. Stewart
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

 

More from A.F. Stewart:

Visions and Nightmares

Tragedy spares no one… and takes no prisoners.
In the twilight shadows, secrets are revealed past the whispers of madness.

Wander into the realm of the old gods with Elenora, where humanity and marriage are a prison.
Step through a looking glass of dark horrors with an Alice you never knew.
Join with Zenna to seek the truth as her death by magic grows closer.
Journey with Olivia as she crosses paths with a monster of the forest and runs for her life.
Watch Isobel summon the faerie to solve her problem of an unwanted husband.
Shiver as Doctor Killbride experiments with corpses to create life from death.
All that and more await within the pages.

Ten stories. Ten women.
Who will survive? Who will fall? And who will succumb to their inner evil?
Find out in Visions and Nightmares.

Warning: This book contains disturbing scenes that may be upsetting to some readers.

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