Author

Douglas Sterling

Douglas Sterling lives in Northern California. He's written all his life, but only recently began releasing his work for public consumption. Two other stories from an in-progress, thematically-linked collection entitled The Obsolescing can be found in [untitled] issue five, as well as The Hidden Chapter.

http://www.hiddenchapter.com/winter-2012/beta/

The Whisper

Uncertainty is an eye shifting a fraction of an inch. It's a word that comes a second too late. Uncertainty is blood in the water; linger too long and out come the sharks. When voters look into your eyes and they see uncertainty you fill them with conviction. They become certain…