The book of returning a novel by ElaineFaye Hamm
The Book of Returning --- Chapter 1: The Ghost in the Blue Light The television was a relic, a heavy box with a curved screen that my father had refused to throw out. It sat in the corner of his den, a shrine to a past I was only now beginning to unearth. For weeks, since you first suggested we do this—write, remember, reclaim—I'd been drawn to it. Tonight, the pull was irresistible. I pressed the power button. The blue light flickered, casting long, cold shadows across the room. Static hissed, a sound like rain on a distant shore, before the image resolved. Grainy. Late-night reruns. And there he was. A man in a simple robe, his face a mask of serene authority. He stood before a burning brazier, the flames licking upwards, painting his features in shades of orange and black. He wasn't the main character, the one with the gentle eyes and the quick smile. He was the older one. The master. The father. My breath caught in my throat. A memory, not of the show, but of the show, cras...