Framed in Glass
a tale of a tortured mind and the elusiveness of truth
by Dorian Nickle

Eyes are the windows to the soul, or so it is said. Yet what of all those windows? What do they see? I, for one, cannot be sure, but some do say that if you ask a damaged soul… they’ll know.

At thirty-three, a young pharmacist's structured, scientific life shatters during a near-fatal road accident. It isn't the physical trauma that alters his world, though, but a fleeting, scarcely plausible phenomenon he witnesses in the glass during impact – a glimpse of the past, seemingly trapped within the car’s windscreen.

What begins as a curious scientific investigation into the properties of light, glass and perception spirals into a profound obsession. Driven to prove his discovery, he turns his scientific expertise inward, finally conducting reckless experiments that inflict life-altering harm upon his person.

As the medical community dismisses his revolutionary theories as post-traumatic hallucinations, he faces a life-changing dilemma: accept their diagnosis and ignore what he sees or continue to press his theories and be cast as insane.

How far would you go to prove you aren't losing your mind?