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Submitted to Contest #292
I was in love with my shadow. He trailed me like a steadfast hound, my one and only. I was never without him. He was more than the absence of light obstructed by my body. That space that trailed behind me, was never mine. For years I turned in circles, reaching into the abyss and hoping he would reach back, but all I ever found was the contour of myself, etched into walls and sidewalks and streets. I thought I was doomed for delirium. How could I tell anyone that the only thing that brought light into my life was the very t...
Submitted to Contest #267
A crashing halt. The cacophonous resonance of thunder blared through the sky, rousing me from a restless sleep. I looked outside. We were nowhere near Greymade Station, the train had stopped. Violent rain pelted the window where I pressed my forehead against the glass. I wasn’t sure whether to be grateful or filled with resentment. The longer it took to reach my sister’s cottage, the longer I could prolong the inevitable. Part of me wished the train would never move again. I sat up and craned my neck to see as far out the window as pos...
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