Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 027 - Far Beyond the Stars by Ira S. Behr;Hans Beimler;Steven Barnes

Author:Ira S. Behr;Hans Beimler;Steven Barnes
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Harlem (New York, Space Opera, General, Science Fiction, Authors, Fiction, Media Tie-In, N.Y.)
ISBN: 9780671024307
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1998-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

Summer days in Harlem were filled with games and laughter, friendly firemen uncapping fire hydrants to give respite from the blazing sun, kids collecting bottles to save money for ice cream or movies.

Ordinarily, Benny would have passed the time with his friends, but today, he found himself keeping away from them, finding quiet places to sit, staring at the sky.

Something was wrong with his eyes. When people walked by, he could see ghosts trailing behind them … and extending in front of them, which was even creepier. Sometimes he would look at a group of people, and they were all like a train of souls, extended forward and back. He didn't know what was happening and just before he panicked, the effect stopped.

Twice, he heard auto horns before the horns blew. Once, he stepped aside on the street before a pie fell from a second-story kitchen ledge. And then, walking down the street, he bumped into a rack of clothing that had yet to be pushed out onto the sidewalk.

Benny stood, shivering, watching the cars, and the people pass him, seeing each of them not just as they were, but as they would be in a few more seconds, as if motion picture images were overlapping drastically. In a movie theater, the effect might have been comical.

Here, and now, it was terrifying. He ran home, curled up on the couch, and slept until dark.

Dreaming of stars.

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