Signal, Repeat

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Lake Huron, October 1986. You have seven days alone on Tinker Reef to automate the light. On the first night the new receiver picks up your own voice, reading a check-in you won't make until Friday.

first-contact science fictionNewShort read

~43 pages · 5 chapters · 3 endings · 3,072 paths

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This story asks: kit, tape.

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