Author

Chonghao Liu

Chonghao Liu is a PhD candidate in geology at the China University of Geosciences (Beijing). He is supposed to get his degree in 2016. This is his first story written in English, and Matthew Steele-MacInnis, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, helped him with his English. You can visit Liu's personal website: liuchonghao.com.

Caged Earth

Only illusion comes persistently Blindfolded, I can only hear a car radio reporting the start of mankind's first space program. The car stops, and my blindfold is removed. An old man in white breaks the silence: "Forgive us for bringing you here this way." I look around a small…