## Stopped just short of reaching space by an enigmatic blue light in the sky, what remains of a future humanity occupies a floating city as close to the heavens as they will ever get. Unless... * Author: u/traverseda *With dread but cautious optimism** * URL: http://www.inkitt.com/stories/13596 * Score: 12 * Created: 2015-06-20T15:00:05 ### Post: [Link to content](http://www.inkitt.com/stories/13596) ### Comments: > **u/Sagebrysh** [+10] *Rank 7 Pragmatist* (an hour later) > > That last sentence...fuck, what? > **u/None** [+3] (2 hours later) > > That is delicious. > **u/None** [+3] (4 hours later) > > I love how all of his stories are labeled "Horror". > **u/CopperZirconium** [+3] (13 hours later) > > Um. Ok. Clearly the protagonist was under some kind of external mental influence. I think his thoughts and attitudes changed too rapidly for anything natural. > **u/Arandur** [+2] (3 hours later) > > Wh..... what? But..... why?! > **u/puesyomero** [+2] *The Culture* (a day later) > > great, grey goo underside and a hungry yogh sothoth up above! talk about a rock and a hard place! >> **u/redrach** [+2] (2 days later) >> >> Shoggoth below and Yog-Sothoth above! > **u/FeepingCreature** [+1] *GCV Literally The Entire Culture* (5 hours later) > > It's the ciiircle of life! > **u/Chronophilia** [+1] *sci-fi ≠ futurology* (a day later) > > That was a very strange story. ---