Black Holes All The Way Down
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Last published Mon, Jan 4, 2021
[REVISED VERSION OF 'A GRAVEYARD OF STARS'...BETTER VERSION]
When you're a young, everything feels like the end.
It's a year after Connor Mathews took his own life, leaving his best friend Danielle obliterated. The two were partners in crime, two rogue planets soring dangerously through the nebula of their own dysfunctional lives, so where were the signs? Why did Connor believe the world would be better off without him?
Although Danielle is familiar with loss, this news hits her like a bullet in the gut. It's like the universe swallowed her whole, engulfing her in darkness, and leaving her to float through a latitude without conception. With him gone, she is just a lonely outsider with a slight temper and a high probability to self-destruct.
After a few unlikely encounters that create a few unlikely friendships, Danielle begins to wonder if maybe not all surprises are bad. But without the answers she needs to erase the ambiguity surrounding Connor's death, how will she maintain a healthy life? Is it possible to live happily, even in the face of everlasting unanswerable questions?
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