The Tenth Photograph: A Short Story

Ten photographs on an old roll of film in storage, and once you look at them your life changes forever.

Following a crushing breakup, Lionel David plans to dig up an old manuscript to fill the hole left in his life and stumbles across the photos—photos spanning the length of the universe, taken by someone or something out in the cosmos that has been watching him since birth.

Three days later, having accepted the fate with which the photos present him, he persuades his begrudging ex to meet him for coffee. As their relationship draws to its conclusion and the two carry out their final moments together, the true nature of the photographs is gradually brought to light.

This is a short story approximately 3,000 words in length.