Dear Michael,

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe. in. BREATHE OUT.

You’re doing this box-breathing style–not hyperventilating, right? You need to breathe!

You need to be thinking clearly so you don’t take on another stupid interplanetary run. Also, get yourself tested for sleep apnea.

– You in the future with a bad case of space bends

*****

PO Box 159 at the Brooksdale Post Office is a bit unusual. Every week, it receives letters from many different people from many different times in the future. Many times, the letters are well-wishes and advice from the loved ones of people of our time. Other times, there are dire warnings.

No one seems to know how or why these letters started coming to PO Box 159. They simply appear. The future these letters describe seems to be in constant flux; one day the year 2098 sounds like a dystopian hellscape, the next day a letter will appear describing a garden of Eden.

Emma Reilly, the owner of PO Box 159, shares the letters she receives through this blog (mostly) every Tuesday.