Not All Heroes Die_Screwy_Her Alluring Voice_Henrietta Tries to Walk Away
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Not All Heroes Die
“It does not count if you are already planning your defeat,” I said, staring down at the boy knelt in front of me. His fingers were weakly wrapped around the hilt of his sword, blood decorating the blade, glimmering in the dim light as the sword flickered with the flame of the torches nearby. His face, though young, was beaten and bruised and bloodied. Despite having put up a significant fight, he had barely managed to scratch me. My arm stung from the cut near my shoulder, but it was nowhere close to the amount of lacerations decorating the boy’s skin.The boy stared up at me with a dazed look...
Screwy
When the end of the world panned out, I took my turn, burned the last corpse in the hospital driveway, and went to bed.I thought it was over.Today I wake up to the sound of my best friend bellowing at my bedroom door. Like he’s gone bonkers, batshit crazy, out of his overcooked mind.I thought it was over.Not by half.“YOU STUPID, CHICKENSHIT DEPRESSIVES, I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE LOT OF YOU! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU’VE DONE? YOU WANTED TO DIE, AND MAKE THE REST OF US DIE, AND THE STRAGGLERS KILL EACH OTHER? HUH? HUH?”I roll out of bed, open the door to the sight of him pinning the stick-like ...
Her Alluring Voice
The Ocean.The pounding waves on the sun-gilded shores, the lullaby that puts children to sleep every night.The crimson sun over the sparkling water, a halo that lights the sky every morning.The never-ending sea-foam that tickles and teases the shore, reaching for what it can never have.The moonlit tide, ever-changing beneath the starry sky it so faithfully reflects.But the best part, what lies beneath.Humans have traveled the surface of our waters for centuries, from the Vikings to modern-day tourists. They go out in their tall, white boats and they admire what it's like at the top. They can't...
Henrietta Tries to Walk Away
Henrietta had once dreamed of working as a veterinarian. Throughout college, her husband had fully supported her plan by encouraging her dream. They married soon after graduation and agreed to have children years later. Jack became cemented into his new finance job, leaving her ample time to search for the right graduate program while working part time in an animal adoption center. Henrietta was excited about her future. Jack was home between work and “meetings” that usually consisted of time at the bar with coworkers. Henrietta became pregnant with their first child just before her twenty se...