Grandma’s House
By Kyle Pratt
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A man wakes up after an accident, or does he?
A cold rain poured down in torrents as Marcus Donaldson drove home from work a few days before Christmas. His car slid on the wet pavement and then everything went dark. He wakes up staring into a blue sky surrounded by tall green grass.
Then he heard a scream.
Kyle Pratt is an award winning and Amazon bestselling author of post-apocalyptic thrillers including Through Many Fires, A Time to Endure and Braving the Storms.
Kyle Pratt
Kyle Pratt is the bestselling author of speculative fiction. His latest novel, A Time to Endure is the second book in the Strengthen What Remains series after the bestseller Through Many Fires. Through Many Fires is the first book in a post-apocalyptic series released in paperback, Kindle and on Audible in August 2013. Within two weeks the novel appeared on the Kindle Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic list, reaching #10, and reached #1 on the list on December 2, 2014. Through Many Fires has earned its way to the #1 spot on the Kindle Dystopian and Military list, and #39 on the Mystery, Thriller and Suspense list. Kyle grew up in the mountains of Colorado and earned an Associate in Arts degree from Mesa State College in Grand Junction. When money for college ran low he enlisted in the United States Navy as a Cryptologic Technician. "I thought I would do four years and then use my veteran's benefits to go back to college," he once said. His first assignment was with a U.S. Navy unit at the Royal Air Force base in Edzell, Scotland. While on leave in Israel he met Lorraine from Plymouth, Devon, England and married her the next year. Together they spent the remainder of his twenty year naval career traveling across the United States from Virginia to Hawaii and on to Guam, Japan and beyond. Even before he retired from the service he wrote short stories. In July of 2012 his debut novel, Titan Encounter, a science fiction space adventure, came out on Kindle and later in paperback. His second book, Final Duty - The Speculative Fiction Anthology, was released in January of 2013. The anthology is regularly updated with new short stories and samples. Today, Kyle and Lorraine live on a small farm in Western Washington State. Kyle believes the future of publishing is digital. You can easily find and follow him online.
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Grandma’s House - Kyle Pratt
Grandma’s House
A man wakes up after an accident, or does he? Written in 1985 while I lived in Japan, Grandma’s House is the first story I ever completed, but it has never before been published. The story is firmly in the science fiction genre, but with the psychological drama of a Twilight Zone episode.
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I shook my head. Had it all been a dream? No, it was far too real for that. The bare branch outside my room hit the window startling me. Snow and freezing rain slapped against the glass. The blizzard outside reminded me of the time I’d lost because of the accident. There was no snow on that awful day, only cold rain that came down in torrents.
Was I going mad then?
I pushed that thought from my mind, adjusted the head of the hospital bed into a more comfortable position, and turned on the television in an attempt to flee my own thoughts. Switching quickly to a news channel I tried to catch up on some of the events I’d missed while in a coma.
But it felt real. No, it couldn’t have been.
The door of my room swung open and in walked Dr. Anderson in his white lab coat. Good Morning, Marcus.
He looked at my chart. How are you feeling today?
I was tempted to say, You tell me, doc,
but I resisted the urge. Okay, I guess.
I gestured toward the newscast. Just seeing if I missed anything while I was out.
Not much. The year ended as it began; higher taxes, unrest in the Middle East, famine in various places….
I turned off the TV. When can I go home? The family still has the Christmas tree up, but if I don’t get there soon it will be a sorry looking tree.
Dr. Anderson smiled. Soon. Maybe tonight.
That would be….
The door creaked slowly open and an older woman in a simple, pale green dress peeked around the door.
"Mrs. Ralston, let me