Justin Herrmann is the author of the short fiction collection Highway One, Antarctica (MadHat Press 2014). He is a graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage’s MFA program. He spent 24 months working and living at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

This ten word story was typed on a manual Remington Quiet-Riter c. 1955. Let’s call him James after the man who cared so very well for this machine.

Photo credit: Kae Sable