Emergent

In 1972, Grant Larkin stops at the Crossroads Tavern for a quiet drink and meets a peculiar stranger who claims humanity’s worst impulses are not entirely its own. With nothing more than a carefully placed thought—a whisper—he can turn friends against each other and steer the course of history.

Decades later, Grant returns to the tavern armed with questions, suspicions, and a determination to expose the hidden influence dividing the world before it is too late.

Spanning three pivotal nights, Emergent is a thought-provoking speculative short story about manipulation, division, and the power of seeing the truth for yourself.