300 Miles through the Apocalypse. 10 Hours. One Way Out.

The infection hit fast. The panic hit faster. Now, Jed Thorne is driving a stolen Land Cruiser through a burning Utah, trying to get his daughter to the only safe place left: Dead Horse Point State Park.

But the safe zone is closing. At sundown, the military is detonating the only land bridge to the mesa, turning it into an impenetrable island in the sky. Jed has to outrun the infected, outmaneuver the chaos, and beat the setting sun.

In this week’s episode of Dust and Echoes, James Cawley presents "Island in the Sky" a relentless survival thriller about the terrifying fragility of the world we live in.

In the isolated settlement of Terth, life is defined by the Burn Line...a shimmering, humming barrier that encircles the town, protecting the last of humanity from the radioactive wasteland outside.

To touch the Line is to burn.

To question it is heresy.

Caleb is a tower mechanic, dedicated to keeping the ancient machines running and the barrier strong. But lately, the silence speaks louder than the hum. He’s noticed gauges that never move and power loads that don't match the terrifying stories of the apocalypse raging just inches away.

When a slipped wrench falls into the forbidden zone, Caleb is forced to confront a terrifying reality.

Now, Caleb stands at the precipice of the ultimate taboo. If the fire isn't keeping them safe, then what is it keeping them in...and what is outside?

A story about the comfortable lies we live in, and the dangerous freedom that comes with the truth.

Written and read by the author, James Cawley >>Something VERY COOL is coming soon, keep an eye out at:<<

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The Grand Banks, 1755.

The fog does not roll; it exhales. And hidden within the stifling gray of the Atlantic, something waits for Lieutenant Thomas Halloway.

Halloway is a man of the Royal Navy, a scholar of the Enlightenment, and a believer in the rational world. He trusts charts, sextants, and the sturdy timber of the HMS Acheron. But when the fog clears, it reveals a vessel that defies all reason: a blindingly white craft, smooth as bone, devoid of sails, floating in the silence of the deep ocean.

Inside lies a corpse dressed in fabrics unknown to history. And in the dead man’s hand, a small slab of seamless black obsidian.

It is cold. It is heavy. And when Halloway touches it, it ignites.

Suddenly, a man of the 18th century holds a window into a terrifying, vibrant future. The stone captures souls in impossible clarity...moving paintings, disembodied voices, and glowing runes that count down the minutes of a dying light.

As Halloway becomes obsessed with the "ghosts" trapped in the glass, he is forced to bring the artifact to the jagged shores of New Providence, where the fanatical Lord Governor Corvus sees not a miracle, but a demon to be purged.

With the light in the stone fading and religious hysteria rising, Halloway must protect the impossible object and the memories it holds. But he is about to discover that the greatest horror is not the magic of the future, but the fragility of the legacy we leave behind.

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