Urban Coastal Flash Fiction

Coastal Flash Fiction

Before leaving for the coast, he waits for a moment by the CompleX, held still by the memory of the Tigress, looking at her images as if they were bubbles with buoyancy he wished he had;inert gases that just floats him away. The work here, Cooper thinks, is the real work; it will gain back what was lost over evolutionary time, the "fishing upstream" experimentation laboratories(F.U.E.L.) of the gene therapies that endured for decades after the formula liabilities offer pharmaceuticals(F.L.O.P.), early drug companies investing for political favors. Searches for achievement in mammal extinction therapy haphazard(M.E.T.H.) prevention, the first experiments to bring the regenerative powers of newts to the mammals to generate cells that support the structure and beating of warm blood in heart tissue.

     He unhooks his satellite feed and goes down the trail where his receiver picks up Xradio spectrum. Cooper is not receiving particularly clear, but won't give up trying to do anything that changes all that. Still no call. He holds on to his hope with feelings that resemble numbness. He needs to force himself to expect the best now; at this point nothing else will do.For once in his life, he realizes what he needs.