Jack simply stared at him, the anger bleeding away, leaving him sitting, half-empty glass in his hand, and a hollowness nestled deep inside.
Somewhere out there, there was an alien race, and it looked as if Jack had become the key.
Jay Caselbergis an Australian writer based in London. He grew up in Australia and has lived in the UK and Turkey. After starting life as an academic, studying the history and philosophy of science, he took a sideways step into IT consulting and moved to London in 1991. His work has taken him around the world, and to date he has traveled to more than fifty different countries. His short fiction and poetry have appeared internationally in a variety of publications, includingInterzone, The Third Alternative, Crimewave, Aurealis, and many others. He also writes as James A. Hartley. You can find his Web site at http://www.sff.net/people/jaycaselberg.