Richard H Hendry

The Tower Falls Tales Richard H Hendry

Tower Falls. A place where stories and secrets are kept. Once you hear them you can not forget. Try, as I might, I can't leave them behind. Which begs the question - are these stories now mine?a book of three stories from the towerSingularity: " Kyle dropped to his knees, one fist on the road, the other covering his face, his head down. A red stained poster flew into his legs, stopping there. Kyle chanced a quick look at the poster. It was hand written: "The Night People are Here" was all it said. He felt something running over his hand, he looked to see a stream of blood flowing down the street, covering his hand, he felt sick and he heard that voice in his mind again. And this time he knew the voice - it was Kora's voice and it was screaming over the fire and wind and gun shots, telling him to run."Wings: " He stood there frozen for a long time, staring at her, waiting for the tell tale sign of blood that he had seen before from a jumper, but nothing came. And then something happened that George had never seen before. The girl sat up, dazed at first and shaking her head in disbelief. She looked over at him with a small grin, her eyes were unlike anything George could ever remember seeing before. She held up her hands in a "what are you going to do" sort of gesture and then she spoke right to him."121: " "I love you, I love you, I love you" he kept repeating in her ear as his tears ran down her neck. She tried to tell him she loved him but she could not speak. When she tried, it was as if her mouth would not open. She tried harder to force the words out past what felt like a lump in her throat. The only sound she could make was the loud wheezing sound of someone being strangled. Britt started to panic, she pulled back from Jerry and in her eyes he could see the fear."Don't go" he said is a strange tone. She locked her grip on him and opened her mouth wide trying to scream."I'm home, please don't go" he said as she started to feel her throat opening. Britt's hands grappled for her husband's arms but they were almost gone now. The crowd had faded, the sky was gone and in a brief second later, Britt screamed "I Love you" into the darkness of her bedroom. "