Just Breathe
A 1000 word, sci-fi short story submitted for the NYC Midnight competition in 2022.
Just Breathe
Six inches of layered, fused silica glass separated Atlas Skye from the dark nothingness of interplanetary space. She ran her palm along the window’s smoothness, waiting.
A bell chimed, a green light illuminating above a wooden door that did not open as she approached. Atlas grasped the steel handle and pushed it open into the piercing squeal…
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