Winter's Allegory_The Orange Striped Backpack_Passing Through_Always take the long way
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Winter's Allegory
The full moon spins silver jewels through velvet, drooping branches. Magical, intricate webs full of stories old and new loosely hang, each memory woven through prisms. The melting dew drips onto the barren, empty earth. The moon’s exhale mixes together with snowflakes to create crystallized pathways, licking the side of tree trunks then scattering like rapid flames.A girl has just come to a fork in the trail. Her hair is dyed marigold and stands out starkly against the white forest. Her face is as pale as the snow, and her lips tinted purple. Each pathway she sees leads deeper into the woods....
The Orange Striped Backpack
He was on a path to a better future until he ran into the bright orange, striped backpack. Eddie needed to get away, and it felt good to use his legs that morning. The train station was full of commutewww.onedoor.ccrs. Sad, tired people with no purpose, no drive to live, not like him. From the fare gate he had heard the train pulling into the station, his train. Quickening, he took long steps in his well polished leather shoes, flashing as they caught glints of the morning light. The blood spatter was hardly noticeable. Toward the escalator, and then tilted forward, he ascended up on the left, passing t...
Passing Through
“We are here again.”“Unfortunately…”“How long have you been waiting?”“A few years or so, but what does that matter? You are here now.”“Remind me of this past life. Who were we?”“Old Yemeni soldiers. Too old to fight, actually—but what can you do? The Houthi took control of Sanaa. I died in your arms.”“Terrorist insurgency or foreign invasion?”“Civil War.”“Ah, yes. I remember now. We were running. Your skull shattered. I saw your brains ooze into the gutter. Quite awful.”“I don’t remember that part of it.”“Unsurprisingly.” “Particularly odd this time, don’t you think? You usually die first.”“Tr...
Always take the long way
Every time, every time I decide to go the long way, something insane happens. Whether it be a bank robbery, a terrorist attack, or a celebrity proposal, I always seemed to be stuck in the middle of something. I couldn’t believe it. A man was literally five feet away from me, aiming a gun at my face, and I was more bored than scared.That would shock some people, unless they’ve met me. I had an adrenaline disorder, where my body did not produce nearly any adrenaline. So, it made it really difficult to get excited or nervous about anything. Despite the direct threat to my safety and even my life,...