The caravan drove onward, following purposely toward its own end as if to a slaughterhouse, suffering under the eternal indifference of the Texas sun. After these months together, bound by trappings of shared experience to which all social animals are susceptible, the time was coming to scatter to the wind. The ache to fight it… Continue reading And the Leaves Will Brown
Category: Other Fiction
Let Me Tell You What I Did
Let me tell you what I did. But first, let me tell you who I did it to: Braxton Teller. That's Sheriff Teller, or Bloody Braxton, or the Savage Strangler. They're all one and the same. And I buried him. I didn't kill him; that would make me a killer, and killin' was his sin,… Continue reading Let Me Tell You What I Did
It Grew to Be More
My name is Simon, but everybody calls me Jack. I am, truthfully, not certain why. They just always have. And I let them. It lets me pretend. Slowly, over many years, Jack evolved, and on a different path than I did, I should say. At first it was minor details: the types of jokes he'd… Continue reading It Grew to Be More
Lantern
"What good is a lantern that doesn't light?" "I already told you, it'll light when we get to the right place." "How are we bloody well going to find it in the dark?" I didn't respond, just pressed onward past the long grasses and into the tree line. The moon was out, we had that… Continue reading Lantern
A Letter From Talis Cayman to Avin Debberon
Avin, Should this letter find you, it's probably too late for both of us. I've made a grave mistake in coming to the isles, and I fear they're scheming to swallow me up. Most everyone is dead: Winters fell into a crevasse, and while we tried to reach him, we could find no bottom and… Continue reading A Letter From Talis Cayman to Avin Debberon
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