Fluke

On the desolate yet familiar grey limbo ground that had ushered his consciousness into countless new lives, he felt a distinct alien surge this time. The Presence, vague and shifting, edged closer with a strange and compelling gravity, stirring unease.…

People liked to guess where Adam was from.They would squint at him the way people do when a word is on the tip of their tongue.“Turkish?”He smiled. “No.”“Greek?”“Not quite.”“No, wait. North African?”He shrugged. “Close enough.”Then came the inevitable: “No, but…