Continued: “Are you serious?” I laugh at the next second. It’s surprising to me that I can still be surprised. We step out onto a black, rocky cliff next to a turbulent, deep blue ocean. Far below us is a small beach, stretching out into a bay.... Continue Reading →
Pulling on my headphones, I shove my hands into my pockets and walk down the sidewalk. It’s a cold October day, and my boots give a satisfying crunch as they tread over the fallen leaves. The sun begins to creep into the sky, and honestly, it’s way too early. I stifle a yawn and try... Continue Reading →
Continued: We stride through the rest of the small camp, encountering the rest of the people of Conlis. They stare warily as we pass, and I look all around taking everything in. More children run around with some sort of game involving sticks with string attached. A young couple runs off... Continue Reading →
I fall to the ground in a heap, sweat leaving me like a flood. Everything hurts, my hands the most as they sting from the reopened scabs and callouses now beginning to bleed again. I close my eyes to rest, for just a second. "Again." ... Continue Reading →
Continued: I wake up to an ache settled over my entire body, pain and soreness flooding through my entire existence. I’m on a tiny brown cot, a ridiculous and oversized coat thrown over me as a blanket. It smells of earth and coal, a weird homey sort of... Continue Reading →
Continued: My boots are soaked with snow, and my body heat crashes against the cool evening air. Stars begin to blink against the deep blue sky, as I trudge what I can only assume is north. I begin, between heavy breaths against the cold, to sing. Initially a song that had... Continue Reading →
“Life is tough, my darling…” Cold. I am cold. The first thing that I register is the cold seeping into my back, my hair, my legs. I’m lying on my back, hands crossed on my chest like a corpse and hair set gently... Continue Reading →
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