cybersecurity engineer & wildlife photographer
Rip In Time Apr 2026
The fissure snapped shut with the sound of a breaking heart.
Elias was a restorer of "broken things," but this clock was a new kind of broken. He’d found it in the basement of a demolished Victorian estate, caked in dust and smelling of ozone. When he finally wound the brass key, the air in his workshop didn’t just move—it tore. Rip in Time
He looked at the key. He looked at his future self, who was slowly dissolving into mist. The fissure snapped shut with the sound of a breaking heart
Elias looked back at the tear. Through it, he saw his younger self look up, as if sensing a ghost. The colors in the current room were fading, turning the grey of old newsprint. His own hands were becoming translucent. Rip in Time