Harold’s Head Gets Underfoot (I/IV)
“I won’t be thwarted by a bluff,” says Melanie, cunning Melanie. “Go through.” Vincent is too old to say, no you. So he just shakes his head, instead. Melanie growls. She can’t afford to stand there....
View ArticleThe Incredible Leap of the Sinless Man (II/IV)
Vincent stumbles to a halt. His heart thunders. He tried to go against Melanie and he lost. His foot’s touched down on the hungry earth. He is doomed. He is doomed. He is dead. There is something...
View ArticleThe Sting (III/IV)
Micah stumbles up against the doors to the facility and understands that he can run no farther. They’re not locked. They could be, but it wouldn’t do anybody any good, so right now, he hasn’t bothered....
View Article“If I Go Crazy Then Will You Still Call Me Superman?” (IV/IV)
Tainted John is off the fence. He leaps. Melanie growls at him and swings Harold’s head like a flail. Not all the momentum of his jump slows that swing the faintest iota; he is smashed back like a...
View ArticleGreen (III/V)
It is September 27, 2002. The sun has gone down into the sea. John dyes his hair green. He rinses it off. He rinses it again, and again, until the water comes out clean, and he looks into the sink. He...
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