Cool Story, Bro: A memoir by whitbunny, literature
Literature
Cool Story, Bro: A memoir
"I had a workshop today. Can you guess who else was there?" My mother asked me as she picked me up from school. It was a simple enough statement and question combination that shouldn't have narrowed my world of vision as it did. I griped the seatbelt so hard that my knuckles popped under the pressure. Instantaneously my mind conjured up an image of a Caucasian woman with grey streaked brown hair surrounding her calm face. Her librarian glasses peaking from the crown of her hair as I watched her and my mother talk as I played with her sons.
"Mrs. Pham?" I replied to her question on a sigh. I wasn't really looking forward to this conversatio
Thunder rattled the foundation of the house jerking her awake. The rain pitter pattered against the glassy surface of the window echoing around the room. White lightening flashed eliminating the figurine showcased crossing behind her in the distance. She swiped her clammy twitching hand across her sweaty forehead shifting her eyes as the groans of the house persisted within her fog addled mind. Then it began. The repeated thump, scrape, clomp of heavy footfalls. They rebounded along the walls of the hallway outside of her door. The noise trapped and magnified within her mind until she could hear nothing but their movement steadily grow
Afterlife:Persephone and Hades by whitbunny, literature
Literature
Afterlife:Persephone and Hades
Afterlife
There should have been fire. She was definitely expecting there to be blazing red fire, tortured souls, and Cerberus foaming at the mouth. Instead as she descended, trepidation eating away at her, she was surrounded by iridescent milky light filling a void of darkness. She clung to the stony wall as she continued slowly down the circling steps taking in the scene before her. Looking forward she was surprised by the layout before her. She paused for a moment taking in the landscape. Directly ahead of her was a forest of luminously vibrant trees. Leading from the steps and through those lustr