The Meteorite: Is Duncan Crawley slowly turning into an alien?
My new novella, 'The Meteorite', is now available for download on Amazon Kindle. It's basically the study of a breakdown dressed in the clothes of science fiction fantasy. Here's a fuller description: Duncan Crawley cuts his foot on a small rock whilst playing with his children at the beach. When he examines the cut later however there is little sign of damage, just a purple circle. When his wife Jen rubs it that night after he complains of cramp Duncan has a strange out of body experience; for a moment he literally sees himself through Jen’s eyes. Their relationship has become strained of late. The high-flying Jen is pressuring Duncan to ask his bullying boss Goddard for a raise but, despite Jen’s insistence he 'stand up for himself', Duncan’s timid character makes him refrain. Nevertheless, whilst in a meeting with Goddard he works up the courage to ask. In the midst of Goddard’s sarcastic reply Duncan has a frightening hallucination of the other...
