Ant Colony

  “Second Chance”             This is a story that happens on the tragic morning of September 11th, 2001.             But, unlike most 9/11 stories, this one begins on two different mornings in two separate realities of Steve Robins, a 24-year-old office worker at the World Trade Center.             In one reality, Steve’s desk job is on the 70th floor of the North Tower.             In the other, Steve’s desk job is on the 60th floor of the South Tower.             Both Steves will experience events on their mornings of September 11th that will change each of their lives forever. STEVE 1 WTC             This Steve arrived to work an hour late....

  “Beyond the Dream – Part Two”             Two days later, at a gas station near a Kroger store in St. Louis, James Earl Ray’s sanity was in a rapid state of decline. What was supposed to have been a simple abduction, followed by a lynch party, turned into something out of The Twilight Zone . He drove all the way from Montgomery in his Ford pickup, which he had loaned to his brothers in the Klan for one crazy night. That St. Louis gas station was the first place where he stopped once the tank ran empty.             But James did more than fill up the tank. He noticed a phone booth beside a highway signpost. He had to call someone – anyone – to tell about what he had seen. The only ones he trusted were his parents in Illinois. As soon as the operator connected him to his mother, he said in a shaky voice, “M-Ma? Listen, I…I don’t know…I don’t know how else to explain th...