She startled awake from a terrific clap of thunder, from a dream of being dragged into an abyss, a bottomless deep, devoid of light, where a merciless presence dragged her down with tentacled indifference
Tag: psychological isolation
tales of loneliness and isolation The last few years have separated people, physically and mentally. This isolation has not been healthy. Human beings are social creatures. Even so, many people were lonely or isolated long before the pandemic. My writing, despite itself, constantly toys with experiences of isolation, be it a physical separation from others, […]
“How did I let you convince me on this trip?” Tania asked, sweeping her hand across the barren, whitened sameness of their horizon.
Sleep was no help. He dreamed of being with Angela, having an infinite dinner at a fancy restaurant.
“I am not incompetent!” Ginsein said to himself, unfortunately at precisely the moment when another person walked passed him with a business-like gait.
Time, in its time, can break down any wall.
She’d found the baby bird on the ground stumbling about and squeaking—which was crying for its mother, she supposed.
It was all a question of power. You feared and obeyed those with more power than you.
There can be no worse punishment than to look in a mirror…