8:8 Dropping back around the corner Siobhan and she had barely cleared, Kim flicked her wrist, calling a fireball into existence in the palm of her hand and illuminating the path behind them. Her “damn!” was instinctive, popping out of her subconscious as the creature came ambling down the long path towards them. What approachedContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:8”
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Enter The Woods – 8:7
8:7 Gwen continued to chant rap her way the length of the walk through the swamp to The House. Every once and a while Dempsey would slant a glance at her which only seemed to encourage her, as every time he did it she’d get more exuberant and loud. Eventually Patti bumped up next toContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:7”
Enter The Woods – 8:6
8:6 Ivan, Dan, Gwen and Abe entered Kim’s cabin to a wall of faces directed squarely at the door. Those faces were attached, in the usual manner, to the bodies of their friends who stood in a loose formation with whatever passed for weapons for them held at the ready. Gwen stopped in the doorway,Continue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:6”
Enter The Woods – 8:5
8:5 Forks were being laid down on plates, powdered sugar was being mopped up by licked fingers from the edges, when Ivan returned. Kim, leaning against the stove with the solid safety of the wall behind her and a plate held in front of her was shoveling crepes into her gob and trying not toContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:5”
Enter The Woods – 8:1
8:1 A barge, heavy with cargo, made its way along the canal, drawn by the mailette tied to its mast which was attached to the harnesses of two draft horses who were making their way along the cobbled road on the far side of the canal. It would have been more efficient, perhaps, to useContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:1”
Enter The Woods – 7:14
7:14 “No!” the word burst out of both Prairie and Patti. Siobhan rolled her lips over her teeth and nodded hard. “Yes.” She looked down at her feet, then out into the darkness in various directions, her head moving like a bobble head with a broken mechanism. “We can’t get use Magick. She seems toContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:14”
Enter The Woods – 7:13
7:13 Kim At first she thought the crackling was the static in her mind. But then the harsh intake of a breath pulled at the darkness, there was the clatter of a chair against the floor, and a higher voiced one of Them screamed, all breath and primal fear, “What are those?” Kim cracked herContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:13”
Enter The Woods – 7:12
7:12 Kim Kim’s lips moved on the opening line of Poe’s Hey Pretty. Sounds came out. And then were just gone. It should have bothered her, losing pieces of herself like that. But so much of her was already gone. What were a few words? “What’s she saying?” “Singing. She’s singing.” “What’s she singing?” “LikeContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:12”
Enter The Woods – 7:11
7:11 Kim The carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed of her mind is still. It does not shift. It does not twist. It lays flaccid, the once dense, bright, condensed tangle a stainless steel scrubber used rough, pulled out, loose, holes gaping in the once tight weave. Exhausted. She doesn’t even twitch when the pulse comes, just staresContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:11”
Enter The Woods – 7:10
7:10 Kim A carbon nanotube beach-tumbleweed, a kinetic sculpture that never stops shifting and changing its configuration, it is easy to get lost in the chaos of her mind. She no longer had the energy to keep moving. Better to just get lost in the drifting, shifting strands, bulges in the length swollen rotten fruitContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 7:10”
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