Stephanie Trinidad

Synopsis: Jebediah has a secret that will change his world forever and send his people into space. The Amish world of Alabaster calls upon an ancient promise to escape destruction. Then end up on a cargo ship bound for the stars. But they are not the only cargo on board. Some of it is alive...or used to be. Now, with vampires taking over and closing in on the Amish refugees, these simple believers must decide whether their faith depends upon their honored traditions or something even older.

How quickly the year went by.

Note: This story is half homage to my favorite video game The Last of Us and half of a longer story that I am developing so this part may never be in the novel. I wanted to share it anyway even though I still have issues with the story as a whole. Enjoy!

            The American Civil War during the 19 th century was one of the first wars to be documented in picture. Photographers faced many major constraints when they were photographing the war. Before the digital cameras or film photography was available civil war photographers had to deal with the long exposure times between each shot. This also depended on how much sun was available in order to properly expose each shot. The amount of times between each possible photo was two to five seconds which was required “to properly expose a large-format collodion on glass negative” that was typically used on the battlefield. Photographer Matthew Brady and his team of photographers though ready to photograph the first land battle of the Civil War because of the constraints of their cameras and the movements of the battle, were unable to return from the battle at Bull Run, Virginia with a single photograph.