Insomnia - A short story in honour of the coming of Halloween
This just won a short story competition over at Cracked.com's forums, making me a very happy girl.
To whoever finds this letter,
This just won a short story competition over at Cracked.com's forums, making me a very happy girl.
To whoever finds this letter,
It was early enough in the morning that there were only a few people out on the beach, runners mostly, getting in their miles before they headed off to work. A black lab barked in a frenzy of joy, chasing a Frisbee as it is hurled into the waves by his owner. Further down the beach several tanned surfers gathered, laughing and joking before they headed into the water and out towards the surf.
When they had started the project, they were sure they had accounted for all the variables. And at first, the time lines for the program’s development had been remarkably accurate. Now however, something had gone terribly wrong. Putting down the sheaf of notes he had been trying to read, Markus scrubbed his eyes to ease their fatigue and sighed. “How did we miss this?