Influencers — Matt Gemmell
A short story from my Once Upon A Time series.| Matt Gemmell
When the child came, the world changed. Its origin was a mystery. Whether it came from above, out in the starry darkness, or from the depths of the ocean or somewhere else, no-one knew. The only thing we knew immediately was that it wasn’t like us. We still don’t know if it was truly a child, but it had a childlike manner. When it spoke, it spoke our own languages, but in the way that a child would. Full of curiosity, and wonder. And sometimes rage. And it brought its gift, perhaps uninte...| Matt Gemmell
I wake up each morning with a woman I don’t recognise. We’ve been married for almost ten years. Each day she’s a different woman, but she’s always my wife. The face is new, but when she speaks I can hear that it’s her. When I lean in, still tentatively even though so much time has passed, I can smell that it’s her. When she stretches, I can see from the achingly familiar catlike movement that it’s her. But she’s a stranger to my eyes. I can’t really watch television anymore....| Matt Gemmell
KESTREL face a new and terrifying enemy: an all-seeing mastermind who already knows exactly who they are, and many of their deepest secrets. Nothing stays hidden forever, and the line between privacy and liberty is razor-thin…| Matt Gemmell
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