2023/078: Satellite Street — Eleanor Lerman

2023/078: Satellite Street — Eleanor Lerman

He felt like the bright world outside was moving away from him and he wanted it back. He wanted it so badly he could feel rage growing inside him, a terrible, overwhelming rage about what was being taken from him and how deeply he already felt its loss. He felt like he was growing weak, like all the strength and will he had left were being drained away while he was allowed one last glimpse of life before he was shoved into darkness where he would remain forever, lost and broken and alone. [loc. 1706]

Paul Marden is 62 years old: he endures chronic pain after an unidentified infection, and -- no longer able to work as a lecturer in media and communications -- he lives in a Long Island beachside development called Skyview, a product of the 1950s when being able to view rocket launches a thousand miles away at Cape Canaverel was deemed a selling point. ( Read more... )