Dead Space

by Jason Derr

As a young man Dr. Groszingler helped launch the first, secret space ship in the days before World War 2. Things went wrong when the 'man in the can' - astronaut Major Allen Rice - began hearing the voices of the dead come across his radio. Now, years later, the good doctor is continuing his research into the thanasphere - Dead Space - on his own. Will the world be ready for the voices of the dead?

The War In Heaven: Dead Space builds off of Kurt Vonneguts short story Thanasphere from the collection Bagombo Snuff Box. A lesser known story of Mr. Vonnegut it is a story with an unlimited amount of potential. Every page has a line or idea that lends itself to a story of its own. This story has legs! Dead Space is the first chapter in what will be a serialized collection building and expanding on Vonneguts world, ending with two novellas.

17 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 24, 2014

About the author

I like to make things up, sometimes big things, sometimes small things. Always fun things and always stories. On rainy days I like to drink coffee, listen to jazz and imagine wonderful, dark and beautiful things. I like short stories and long stories. I like fantasy and science-fiction but not in the way you might think. I like horror stories, but not monsters and ghosts and people meeting grisly ends. I like the horror of the every day, the tragic that happens in an average day and the wonderful fantastic people who bravely confront that horror and make the world a better place. I think firemen and soldiers are heroes but I also think fathers, clergymen and women, mothers, grandmothers, peace makers and social workers are heroes. I studied Creative Writing at Eastern Washington University and I am happy for every moment of it.