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Chapter 13 Was it a dream or a poem? Was it a dream or a poem? “Li,” Grin whispers into the still cold air, “I’m coming.” when/what/was
Chapter 11 What happened once shapes what happens next. A man sits outside in the cold Southern California evening. He pours a libation for a lost comrade on sandstone pavers. He closes his eyes to feel the hundreds of pinpoint lights surrounding him. He whispers a name, he feels a distance, he bows his head [...] when/what/was
Chapter 4 What Grin remembers next hurts the most. But before he remembers next, Grin sees his best friend Ballad. Only Ballad is covered in silver—more appropriately, he is made of silver. Ballad stands in the middle of a darkness. The shadows seem to pulse with something like a bad imitation of life. They [...] when/what/was
Chapter 3 What could have been, will be again. A dampness hangs over the pier. A man leans over the rotting wood railing, stares into a blackness that swallows the orange lamplight. His eyes are reddened from a lack of sleep. The small worries of college days are big enough to keep him up at [...] Chapter 2: What Happened Once.
What happened once. . . . will happen again. You have to believe. I am the narrator. I’m asking you, as a personal favor, to believe. . . that what happened once, will happen again. There was sand, and there was a breeze. A woman stood, looking upwards towards a hidden [...] Chapter 1
“What colors,” Grin whispers through the crash. The swirl of lights around the island were not enough to separate it from the earth entirely. A plane got through, a turbine splitting off and falling up to the floating rock. The plane followed through its wake, as if curious what force could turn falling [...] when/what/was
Prologue “You’re still in love with me.” He said, “I know,” looking down, ashamed. “But it had to end.” He sighed, looked up. “It had to end.” It had to end. It had to end end endendendendend. He repeated the words, first out loud and then to himself, to [...] |
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