Outland: Chapter 3 I never did find that hatch. By the time I had dragged my toolbox back, I was too exhausted to go out looking for it. It’s a shame. Finding spare parts isn’t really easy. Finding materials and tools to machine a replacement on this side of the mountains is even harder. IContinue reading “The House on the Cliff”
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Sinking into Skin
“You know I love you, right?” I hear her speak up from behind me. The voice jars me away from the lines of text inside my book. “Save it. I’m in the middle of something right now.” I move my thumb to my place in the passage and glance sideways at Serina from the chairContinue reading “Sinking into Skin”
The Better Person
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”
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”
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”