Black Glass

By David Naismith

Fiction. Short Story. Science Fiction, horror. Black Glass tells the story of a worker in the not-too-distant future by the name of Henry Jones. Henry receives a mysterious letter in the mail one day, a letter with ominous overtones. The message from Head Office: clear out your desk, you are no longer relevant. What follows next is an anxiety-dripping slide into a world where to become obsolete is to perish. Thwarted at every turn, Henry tries desperately to cling to a life that once seemed impervious to failure, but that reality slips through his fingertips minute by minute.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Naismith
• Release date: Nov 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370275007

David Naismith

David Naismith is a writer and artist who works in a multiple of media. He lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. Connect on Facebook!

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BLACK GLASS

By David J Naismith, copyright 2017

Smashwords edition.

To: Henry P. Jones – 3474089745 – Requisitions and Applications, Q495

Dear Mr. Jones:

We are writing to inform you that your presence in the Social Systems Design portfolio has now been deleted. It has come to our attention that your position is no longer relevant, as is it not up to date with current Departmental requirements. We thank you for your years of previous service. A representative will contact you in the next few days to complete the removal process, and reassign your status.

Sincerely,

M.W.D., Office of Removal, SSD

It came on a Wednesday morning in a simple brown envelope. Henry Jones re-read the brief letter once more, and then he read it again. He had heard about such letters. What he had heard was usually not good.

When he arrived at work that morning, Henry went through the motions of the