Clear as Light

By Alexandra Brandt

At last, Evan Sumner-Beauville achieves his life-long dream: retiring with Mac, his husband of 60 years, in a place unlike any other--a space station orbiting Earth. A one-way trip, to be sure, but such a glorious one, surrounded by the stars.

Until Mac sees a flash of light no one else can see. 

And their lives start unraveling, piece by piece.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexandra Brandt
• Release date: Mar 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386878919

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Clear as Light

Clear as Light

A Short Story

Alexandra Brandt

Tangled Sky Press

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Clear as Light

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Clear as Light

Sometimes the unraveling of a life begins simply and quietly. As lightly as the fluttering descent of a moth with a torn wing. A tiny point of light falling in the deep night sky. A moment passes, unnoticed and unremarked-upon; it is only in hindsight that everything becomes clear.

For Evan Sumner-Beauville, the moment happened shortly after one of the happiest days of his life. On their 60th wedding anniversary he and Mac stood together in front of the observation window in their new apartment, surrounded by the silent brilliance of a million stars, and knew they were going to live like gods.

Retiring on a space station does give one a certain giddiness of spirit.

It was there, where the warm, strong clasp of Mac’s wrinkled brown hand was the only thing keeping Evan from floating away (metaphorically; the gravity in their new dwelling was less than Earth’s—and