“Incandescent ice streaked against inky night. A comet. Cosmic snowballs spreading millennium old celestial dust. Miles above me? A cataclysm: unleashing blood-red lightning and bruising the sky. A deep thunder—not of this Earth—shattered the silence. Interstellar key clicked."
"The Gate. It opened!” I shriek—then and now.
“Sedate her!” Rough hands grip me. For my injection. Diagnosis? Psychosis. They’re wrong.
I’m perfectly sane.
A sharp pinprick: delicious pharmacology closes my mind’s eye—truly blinding me. I plucked mine out ages ago.
Yet… still saw. And The Great Ones' eternal Cerulean gazes…
Never wavered.
About the Creator
N.J. Gallegos
Howdy! I’m an ER doc who loves horror, especially with a medical bent. Voted most witty in high school so I’m like, super funny. First novel coming out in Fall 2023! Follow me on Twitter @DrSpooky_ER.
Check me out: https://njgallegos.com
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