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This is what it's like to fall in love
Bullets tore through the air, lighting up the dark as though punching through so fiercely it bled fire. He could hear guitar, hear her playing, somewhere on an endless loop; it was designed to make him falter, make him wonder. … Continue reading
Heat
Each step, each pull, each inch higher was a drumbeat, a rhythm heard in the pounding of her blood inside her head. Lightheaded, she moved in dizzy tremblings, higher and higher, no longer looking down, no longer caring how far … Continue reading
Bottom of the bottle
I think of what you must be doing right now. You, who opened up the bottle. You, who crawled in with me. You, who poured us out over and over. You who drank me. You who lit my cigarette. You … Continue reading
Return 13
They came for us in the night. Two days in, and we were low on resources, terrified, running blind. We didn’t know where the children went, where they were headed, what we would find. We had all left, going on … Continue reading
Return 12
If the Captain had been worried before, at the beginnings of Ilen’s questioning of his rule, he was now unnerved. Enim’s disappearance caused an outright panic. The children, gone off to scavenge as they had for months now, were no … Continue reading