Mission Aries 11. The first manned spacecraft to Mars. A disaster tears the commander into internal conflict. A swarm of space debris is hurtling towards the craft at 9km/s and the commander makes a fatal mistake that could cost them everything. Hubris. Fear. Redemption. The past. The present. The future. A thrilling and emotional 2018 word science fiction short story.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" My tongue felt like cotton in my mouth and I couldn't seem to stop my hands from trembling at my sides. He smiled down at me. It was the same smile I had seen an infinite amount of times over the last fifteen years but now, I finally recognized the emotion brightening those mismatched eyes I loved so much. It was the same that brightened my own. Love. . . . Dillon Stone lived an ideal life. She graduated high school with Honors, had the perfect boyfriend, and planned on going to her dream school with her best friend, Samson Lyles, in the fall. She felt invincible. Nothing could ruin it. Until something did. When everything good starts to fade away from Dillon's picture perfect life, a road trip across the country with her best friend might be the only thing that could make her feel like herself again. Or will it be the final straw on the camel's back? . . . WARNING: Mature Scenes and Language! New updates weekly!!!

What are you when you have nothing, there are a single light of hope or all is in darkness. A king losing all of their property, he could recover it?