Christopher Kramer

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“Yugen” by Christopher Kramer

Submitted to Contest #216

“We’re falling from geostationary orbit,” Gardner reports. “Adjust,” I say as I flick switches. “He can’t,” Wells calls from navigation. “The gravitational force … too strong. It’s pulling us in…” I manage a side-eye at Wells. His face conveys what I already know. The navigator says in a solemn whisper, “Velocity increasing.” Gardner looks at me. “We’re plummeting fast. I can’t maintain—” “Compensate. Regain control,” I command, despite knowing it’s impossible. “I can’t. We’re losing it!” Gardner cries. The spacecraft’s hull rumbles ...

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Christopher Kramer (Christopher of Detroit) is the author of the novels "The Invisible Histories of the Spiral Mountain" (2014), "The Erotic Tales of Bucephalus" (2017), and "Dominique’s Confession: A Roaring Twenties Dark Romance" (2020). In his tales of magic and mysticism, he examines philosophical dualities, transitions of the psyche, alternate realities, and spiritual revelations. Christopher is also an artist and illustrator with over twenty exhibitions. His illustrations appear in the "Tenebre Horror Anthology" (2021) and "Illustrated Worlds" magazine (2023). His work also appears in the first edition of "Dark Spirits: The Magical Art of Rosaleen Norton and Austin Osman Spare" (2012) in a limited-edition print.