The Photocopied Man
A Defense Intelligence Agency whistleblower discovers his own face appearing in document margins—each copy showing him closer to capture.
David Reeves had been feeding documents into the ancient Xerox machine for two hours when he first noticed the anomaly. Page forty-three of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Project NIGHTFALL assessment emerged with a faint gray impression in the lower margin—barely visible, like a watermark that shouldn't exist. David held the paper closer to the fluorescent light, squinting at what appeared to be the outline of a human...