….“Look up. Always look up,” she said so I did and then, faint at first, but becoming stronger, ribbons and green light fluttered across the sky, thick in the middle, faint at the sides.“Aurora Borealis,” she said.
“Where are you going?” Her iris began to bleed into the pale white of her eyes. Began to bleed into the sky, the ribbons danced, shimmered, reflected from the stars. Electrically charged particles converted into light and formed visible glows, arced above me as they hit the magnetic pole. And then I was lost in intensity as I felt her muscle contract around me, I came into her and she put her arm on my chest. As I felt her leave I heard her words, “We’ll be back for you tomorrow. Wait for us in the snow.”….
by James Anthony who is 31 years of age and his short story 'Circumstance' was previously been published in Aesthetica Magazine. His work has also been highly commended by Writers' Forum magazine. James currently lives in Purley, but he grew up on a small island on the Kent coast which is famous for nothing in particular except for the abundance of sheep. However, if he could live anywhere it would probably either be Reyjavik, Iceland or Tokyo, Japan.
