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Fiction: ‘The Physicist’

The Physicist
They say that time moves slower for the people down there upon the Earth. But only when compared with those that inhabit the space stations that orbit our planet. For the purpose of this research, I’ll be referring to them as ‘People of the Skies’, and ‘People of the Earth’. They were the opening lines …

Posted byEkaterina TretiakovaMay 30, 2018April 23, 2020Posted inFictionTags:Gravity, Physics, Time14 Comments on Fiction: ‘The Physicist’

Fiction: ‘Perpetual Motion’

32 - Perpetual Motion
I can hear it ticking, amplified by the silence of the room. Tick Tick Tick.
Every hour, on the hour, the tempo increases and it ticks a little faster. Tick Tick Tick. It sounds so much louder at night as all the fleshy valves and gears move inside my body, almost buzzing as my heart …

Posted byEkaterina TretiakovaApril 14, 2017April 24, 2020Posted inInner MusingsTags:Night, Sleepless, TimeLeave a comment on Fiction: ‘Perpetual Motion’

Fiction: ‘Time Keeper’

18 - Time Keeper

He knew his time had come because the clock had stopped. Of course, there were other signs too. You couldn’t miss them, really. The TV set had frozen on an image of some infomercial nightmare; the radio had cut the presenter off midsentence; the sound of lawnmowers, passing cars, and singing crickets had all stopped …

Posted byEkaterina TretiakovaMarch 22, 2017April 25, 2020Posted inFictionTags:Frozen, Gears, Time8 Comments on Fiction: ‘Time Keeper’
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