Tag Archives: hope
After I Drowned
When I came back up I was dead. I’m still dead. I’m not here. My eyes are water blue, and my lungs are full of salt. I want to burn something into my skin to prove I exist. I want … Continue reading
Disconnection No. 9 – Self-Preservation
This is Part 9 of a Serial called Disconnection. PREVIOUS * * * She woke up to a buzzling snarl in the back of her throat, felt it crawling up into her ears backwards, shitting static as it muckled through … Continue reading
Disconnection No. 8 – Forsaken
This is Part 8 of a Serial called Disconnection. PREVIOUS * * * “Sir? Sir! We’re getting reports of wireless dropping–” “–fuck that, we’re getting reports of underground lines disrupt–” “–have to get comms back up–” “–explosions outside the southeastern … Continue reading
DeathWatch No. 62 – I Know You’re Tired
This is Issue #62 of DeathWatch, an ongoing Serial. Click that link to go find ‘A Beginning’ and read from there, if you need to catch up. Happy Reading! PREVIOUS * * * The world smelled of lavender and camphor and … Continue reading
In My Worrying, He Slips Away
His face is grey. I see the lack of light there. In the space that used to fill him up with life there is only a hollow. He breathes. He eats and speaks and he exists. His body survives. He … Continue reading