By: Sam Allport.

I felt woozy.

A speaker filled the white room with rapturous applause. A wide-eyed camera stared at me, unblinking.

I looked down at myself. Hands, feet, chest. All there. Good.

The room was identical to the one I’d just teleported from. To my mind, nothing had happened at all. In a split second, history had been made. The scientists’ applause rang through my ears.

Soon, it slowed, before stopping altogether. Silence.

“Can you let me out now?” I asked.

Someone screamed.

The pain hadn’t caught up with me yet.

Blood was pooling at my feet. My skin was falling off.

© 2025. Sam Allport

Sam Allport is the editor-in-chief of Diceroll Press. With several years of writing and editing experience, his work has been published by Swim Press and the Literary Lancashire Award. He is based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

Posted October 29, 2025.