Hate me. Hate me so that you can tell yourself that every time I said or did something bad to you, it was because I was a bad person. Hate me so that those words I said were simply just words. They weren’t true. I wasn’t confirming or denying any of your faults or strengths.Continue reading “The Better Person”
Author Archives: Sandwich Sean
The Indirect Effects of War
There you are, everything seeming to have turned out in your favor. Even though you hadn’t passed your courses through officer training, you made out well enough to be stationed behind the safe walls of the military base, miles away from the front lines. Man, having parents with lots of money really changes everything, youContinue reading “The Indirect Effects of War”
The Old Grindstone
You know what’s funny when you really get into editing a story? Realizing that you have a bad habit while writing, and having to go back and fix all of the mistakes caused by it. My friend noticed mine while helping me review my manuscript for Mother of Mars; I use a lot of semicolons,Continue reading “The Old Grindstone”
Tsunami
Outland: Chapter 2 Bright light shone in the window, eventually moving into my eyes, stirring me awake. Sitting up, I looked out the porthole into the glaring light. “Gulliver? What time is it?” I asked, shielding my face. The fish carcass sat on the plate beside me, giving off a faint odor of sourness andContinue reading “Tsunami”
Screw the Plan
The day had finally come. I was ready to get in there and delete the original footage. The original copy of Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. That way, they could never make another proper copy. It was something everyone deserved. I was dressed the part; if you could call it that. As inconspicuousContinue reading “Screw the Plan”