The Inescapable Us - Chapter 2
"Oh, fuck off." Dew grumbled as he rubbed his eyes. Hefty revving of some neighbour's car followed by screeching tires had startled the bear awake. The sheets shivered with him as he sat upright, and as he leaned on the windowsill he took a look at...
The Inescapable Us - Prologue
The end of the first day pressed down on Dew as he closed the door to the classroom. It wasn't an unfamiliar feeling, but he did not relish it either. The day was at an end, and it had brought the din of a fleeing crowd, of fellow students eager to get...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 5
Tom hated group projects. His notes spanned fourteen pages, bullet point after bullet point on the Atlantis-Ma'ia conflict that had lasted two centuries a millennium ago; the Anglian Inquisition that had ended the feud between Atlantis and Ma'ia...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 4
Dew let the autumn wind dry the rest of his fur as he walked to the_Celephaïs_. It was six in the evening. The sun shone down the main street, already making its way down the horizon. It painted the city in a warm and cosy light. The sign of the hobby...
Waves
Up Up The cliffside I ran, until I was out of breath That summer when the world was but a little town - And you, a giant - Waiting for me by the waves I could never reach the mountain's peak - I was never strong, Though my legs could walk for...
Glass
While a hundred voices called out To tell me what I was - And I wanted to listen - All it took was for a rat To hold the mirror And in the rat's eyes I saw No creature, but a coward - Who dared not join the sun In rising beyond the thousands...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 3
The changing room stunk of socks, jocks and sweat. The drizzle of the showers accompanied the ruckus of fellow students undressing with (in)appropriate banter, the less physically inclined shying away from the jocks who delighted in machismo, the vain...
The Inescapable Us - Chapter 2.5
Dew failed to stifle a belch as he slumped in his chair. Next to him, Den was snorting derisively, but Nogard had a hint of a chuckle on his lips. "You fucking devoured that," Den shook his head in disbelief. "Language, young man," Nogard sighed as...
A Stranger in Suburbia (An Interactive Story) - Prologue (19)
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