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A forest fire was making its way along the tinderbox ridges above them, flaring and shimmering against the overcast like the northern lights. Cold as ...more

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He watched him stoke the flames, God's own firedrake. The sparks rushed upward and died in the starless dark. Not all dying words are true and this bl...more

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He rose and stood tottering in that cold dark with his arms held out for balance while the vestibular calculations in his skull cranked out their reck...more

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He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate...more

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In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles.

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Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself?

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His mind was betraying him. Phantoms not heard from in a thousand years rousing slowly from their sleep.

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When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him. Nights dark beyond darkness and...more