PART III Jack laughed. "No, not someone's brain. A Boltzmann Brain. And I assure you I did not crack open Boltzmann's brain and steal it....

PART II "Characters from a nursery rhyme? That’s new!” Jill was amused. Then she was silent for a moment as she further processed what...

Dusk teetered at the edge of time, making the view from atop the hill breathtaking as always. Jack was late.