One original sci-fi story per day for all of 2023 | Created by screenwriter Timothy Michael Cooper, illustrated using A.I.

Shell

Shell

This is what everyone feels as they transition from one body to the next—this dejá vu, this discomfort. In your case, you were a soldier, fighting a war you neither supported or understood. A shell from your own side misfired, blowing you up as you scarfed down a powdery meal alongside your buddies. The next time you’re born, you'll have a nagging feeling that even if you did this all previously, you're way luckier now. Listen to the reverberations of that and other previous lives, then continue; this is a good body, and you deserve to be grateful for it.