6. Lantern slides
It was so easy - almost too easy - to slip those little words into conversation, and into her mind. The seed of doubt was by far the easiest of all to plant and to nurture. It needed no light; just the darkness of a fragile heart was enough to strengthen it. It fed off the desperate cries of a dead man in the lonely night, and although it seemed the smallest of things - even when it had full grown it was only but a small, thin needle of silver - but one prick was enough to send the world crashing down around her, and all that she had ever known and her.
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Grey Light
Short StoryA collection of short pieces, one-shots, character sketches, and scenes that don't belong anywhere (yet). Alternative description: Word dump for thoughts & feelings I want to get out of my head or remember forever. June 2014-2018
