One original sci-fi story per day for all of 2023 | Created by screenwriter Timothy Michael Cooper, illustrated using A.I.

Middletime

Middletime

Unlike you guys, on our planet we don't only have waking (daytime) and sleeping (nighttime) hours—we also have subconscious (middletime) hours. In this transitional in-between period, our subconscious does whatever it wants with our body. Some people do their best creative work during this time; others clean the house frantically; others dance despite having no rhythm when awake, or go on pilgrimages, despite not being religious normally. Others commit crimes, but the timing is no defense; after all, their brain desired it and their body did it. Middletime seldom reveals precisely what you’d hoped for or expected—yet it’s always truthful.