Teaser

© 2026 John Healy
Draft 7-24-2026

Introducing Clara’s world

Chapter 1

The sky sucks
(the glittering cage)
(celestial obscura)

“The sky sucks!” – an earworm hissed.

As the swing lifted her toward the sky, Clara smiled, “Oh, Grandpa … your chant’s like a spell over me. How your face glowed when you spoke of the way it used to be. Is your spirit in the sky? Or does it linger nearby?“

She came back to earth; pulled out an antique telescope from her backpack; then cradled it on her lap. She liked to point it toward tiny gaps in the industrialized sky, searching for real stars beyond the mosaic ceiling of orbiting debris. Sometimes to identify dots on one of Grandpa’s charts, picture mythic figures in the cosmic sea.

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