~ The Needles ~ I stood on the edge of Vayland, looking down into a ravine. Silver pain pulled at a single point in my body, dredging up memories. When I was a kid in the first house my family ever lived in, my room was next to the living room and, thus, the television. [...]
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Vayland Rd. [3] – The Cage
~ The Cage ~ Steven didn’t want to wake up; sometimes you know things aren’t going to be good when you open your eyes. On the other hand, better to see the trouble coming than get hit by it. He shook his eyes into focus and looked around, then shook his head again and squinted. [...]
Vayland Rd. [2] – The Road
~ The Road ~ Churkk scowled. “I like night, Churkk. Dun like day. Dun like heat or light or pantin’ or th’ way groud puffs up dust atcha when ya run.” Churkk’s scowl deepened. He liked the night as well, but it irritated him to agree with the creature skulking alongside him. “Night is cool. [...]
Vayland Rd. [1] – The Call
[What follows is the first part of a short story I'm working on revising. The rest will follow over the next however-many-days-it-takes. I might put some editing notes in the posts' comments. If you're looking for such things, look for them there.] Vayland Rd. I remember, when I was a kid, riding in a car [...]
