Suspension

By Tessa Stockton

In a year when thirty people jumped from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide and succeeded, one person determined to join their throng.

 

Near light pole numbered sixty-nine, he swan-dives off the ledge, traveling at a velocity of eighty mph, free-falling 250 feet at low tide. Bound to converge on the despondent crowd of over 1,600 who preceded him in death since the majestic span erected in 1937, something shifts. Instant regret consumes him the second he unhands the viaduct. But the chance for survival after the four-second drop stands at less than one percent.

 

What if somewhere between his last contact with the steel bridge and the impact of the frigid, bone-crushing bay, hovers an alternative Courtroom in the Sky? A panel of Judges who reviews the motives in a person's life.

 

Here enters Ralph "Specter" Specht, the famous frontman for the rock band, Ghosts of Fleas. In the eyes of the world, he led a good life; talented, successful, and spoiled. Nobody thought he could do such a thing, fling himself over the edge, even him. Not until the dark impulse.

 

The defendant on trial crosses the threshold into weighted proceedings. With a blooming change of mind, Ralph wonders if he will find a different sentence than what he first intended. His verdict awaits.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Creative Purpose Publications
• Release date: Jan 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201016623

Tessa Stockton

Tessa Stockton is a speculative fiction novelist, freelancer, and editor living in the United States. She is a former professional dancer.

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SUSPENSION

TESSA STOCKTON

Creative Purpose Publications

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Suspension

United States of America

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Published January 2022, second edition

Creative Purpose Publications

First published as a contribution in The Unseen Anthology, 2 Tigers LLC, February 2019

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This short story is a work of fiction and the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or organizations, is coincidental and beyond the author’s intent.

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Title Page

Copyright Page

When What If Happens

Closure

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