The heat of the sun baked my feet, scrambling from rock to rock, far from the shade of the thick trees on this mountainside, air thick with moisture, sweat trickling down my back, watching snakes slither hastily for the safety of their holes; I...
“Broken watch, set of keys.” The old man set each object onto the desk with a clunk as he lifted them from the drawer. “Baby rattle, nasty old sweatshirt. Oh, my favorite.” He lifted a small wooden box and set it gently on the desk. He brushed the...
he taunts me in a turnstile of sails I had him (what he would give of himself) moan the loss bemoan the loss of way he had me helpless, undefended without a drop of blood—he took me he knew he knew me he did not...
The cracking of a frozen river below ricocheted like the reports of a rifle up through the canyon, as Sous-Terrain slowly limped down the middle of the long bridge made entirely of ice. The sun had passed behind a veil of cloud, changing the surface...
Something is wrong but I can’t quite put my finger on it. I wait, sitting quietly on the stiff-backed chair, and watch Simon clatter around the kitchen. It’s not unusual for him to keep me guessing which misdemeanour he’s punishing me for. I’m fully...
I sought you in darkness, under the earth, where water’s fingers caressed cold stone, wore away at it, creating fissures, a plunging, aching cavern, into which the sun’s light couldn’t reach the dark birthwaters; I floated there in the cold dark, my...
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