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My soul wanders this barren wasteland, searching for signs of human life, but this vast desert is as empty as it is dry.
Once radiant and alluring, now desiccated and shriveled – my physical body has undergone a grim metamorphosis.
Legs that were soft and slender now resemble petrified wood, and the claw-like grasp of my mummified fingers stick out like gnarled branches from a tree.
Eyes that were as blue as the sky have transformed into empty sockets, as my leathery skin has pulled taut against my skeletal remains.
I feel no sadness looking at my corpse – I’ve seen it hundreds of times. Only a deep sense of loneliness stirs within my unsettled soul.
Ripped from the world of the living and thrust into this uninhabited purgatory, I can only hope that someday my body will be found… freeing my soul from this eternal desolation.
Fiction © Copyright D.M. Slate
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More from D.M. Slate:
Crossroads in the Dark: Anthology of Morality
How many lives would you say matter to you? How much would you take for yourself to merely get by if it were free? At what cost would you allow someone other than yourself to succeed, to prosper, and to get ahead? What would you sacrifice to help someone less fortunate? When the stakes are at their highest and the line you must cross could end up being the one that ends your life what are you willing to do? This collection of stories tests boundaries of your vulnerabilities, the human will to survive, and the facade we put on for the rest of the world. “Crossroads in the Dark” probes the darkest parts of the soul with over twenty tales of the macabre, making you ask… What would you do? Contributing Authors: Frank Martin, Samantha Alexandra, Edward Kenyon, Ellen Denton, DM Slate, David Owain Hughes, Shaun Phelps, CC Adams, Jonathan Shipley, AJ Brown, Alice J. Black, JC Michael, Adrian Ludens, Sergio Palumbo, Peter Oliver Wonder, Audrey Brice, Lisa Lepovetsky, Carl Alves, Kevin Bannigan Jr., Richard Farren Barber, Donna Marie West, Veronica Smith, John Pham
A terrific story.
Beautifully horrific!