Jacob

“Tom said nothing as he listened to her and tasted bile in his mouth. “I know what it is like to be alone, Tom,” she said. Her tone”
― Ron Ripley, The Dunewalkers

“turned the antenna selection dial, cycling through all eight positions, forward and aft. The tone went away when he limited reception to the aft antenna positions. Came back when he selected the forward positions. UL FWD—upper left forward—strongest of all. Line of sight away from Earth. Receiving from the outer solar system. Jack drew breath to call to the others, get up here, you have to hear this, and then he grew abashed. His cheeks heated. It’s just cosmic noise. Or some clever-clogs hacker pranking the space shuttle. Yet he kept listening,”
― Felix R. Savage, Freefall

“The printing finished—eighty-nine pages in under a minute—before he even made it there. A quick glance to check that the pages were collated properly, then he slipped a wide clip on the top left-hand corner. Then he put the report into the folder marked Butter and Squash Produce.”
― Patrick Logan, Shallow Graves

“Management: Thank you for the support and counsel. Angela Cheng Caplan and Joel VanderKloot: You’re rock stars. So grateful to have you in my corner. A very special thanks to Jacque Ben-Zekry for a world-class”
― Blake Crouch, Wayward