Hurried Ascensions, Introduction

Hurried Ascensions
by Esi Noire

In the rush to ascend,
some souls rise too soon.
Some miss their stop entirely.
Time stutters.
The ancestors wait.
Memory burns brighter than coal.
And grief powers the rails.

“Some souls miss their stop. Others rise too soon.”

In the fractured future of 2212, Rene Dey boards a spectral train that moves between worlds – one powered by memory, grief, and unfinished farewells.
Her mission: rescue her grandfather’s soul before it vanishes into the Machine City.
But each stop reveals a deeper truth about her lineage and the Black bodies left behind in the rush of history.