Memoramortum: A Short Story

By Kent Alexander

A blind man sees the memories of those who pass away, and lives within them.

A dying girl has to examine her life before she goes on.

A adamant woman looks for her friend who could very well be dead.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tablo Publishing
• Release date: Dec 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781685830724

Book preview

Author forward:

Whoever you are, if you come here and want to know about the answers to life, death, or the universe, you really don't need to read this short story to find that out. This will not have your answers. It's... for lack of a better word, sad. You won't feel good about the lives in the story. You may feel sorry for them, if you haven't experienced what they have, and scoff if you believe your life has been worse. I warn you now, this is not important, or remotely true. This is just a story. Am I telling you this to get you to read on? No. I am saying you have a choice. Read on, reader, if you dare to know of Death's Memory, and of Life Forgotten. Or put it back down on the bookshelf you found it, and leave it evermore.

MEMORAMORTUM

Carol... my little Carol... Is she going to be...

I'm sorry, Mr. Rochester. There... is little we can do-

Call the proxy. That's what you can do.

But sir, we at this moment, there is too much risk-

Damn the risk! She's my daughter! I swear, I will never forgive you, this hospital, this organization, or this whole dammed program! I will end you all! Call, the, proxy!

"...very well, sir. "

Name, Caroline Rochester.

Age: 25.

Condition: comatose from frontal cranial injury. Unrecoverable, brain decay imminent.

Designated treatment: administer mental interactive proxy to relieve her of remaining thoughts and wishes. Last will and testament to be received, family resolve and funeral arrangements to be made.

Proxy to start cerebral link, 3:45 am, eastern standard time, June 28th, the year 2017.

Did... did I... die?

It's... odd. I