In Between Minds: Bitter Returns
As the details of the scene became clear, my grogginess fell away, leaving behind a strange sense of unfamiliarity with my own body. My arm seemed to throb in…
In Between Minds: Lullaby
Emotion was stronger here, more pure. I barely avoided being swallowed up by my sense of failure and kicked it off and away like it was a boot, heavy with mud…
In Between Minds: A Moment of Emotional Mastery
Fear, hate, and mistrust, flocked around me like giant shrieking ravens and my mind struggled to recoil from them like a wild animal. In the instinct of fight…
In Between Minds: Stretching Out
One small rabbit and two potatoes were hardly a feast but over the past few months I had grown used to living off the land. Grandmother’s pouches held a…
In Between Minds: A Step in a New Direction
“I’m not hungry.” I said automatically. My stomach disagreed with a loud grumbling sound. The girl in the doorway smiled. “That’s okay. You don’t have to eat…
In Between Minds: Broken Clouds
My stomach twisted with sudden pain and I stumbled feeling sick. Almost at once the lady was beside me, lending me her arm. “Take it easy. We’re in no rush.” I…
In Between Minds: Emotional Debris
I stumbled around for hours, trying to get away from the train and Kseinya. Need dictated my actions and I needed to be somewhere else. There was too much to…
In Between Minds: Facing the Storm
Can we trick her? I don’t know. Val’s voice was dubious. It’d be like tricking yourself- difficult but not impossible. Well we have to try something! I…
In Between Minds: Desperation
Martin’s voice was firm. “I’m sorry. I was wrong. There’s no place for you. Uncontrolled, emotional-” Staring down the sleek chrome of the gun barrel, I tried…
In Between Minds: Setting the Scene
The door slid open and the Polkovnik was shoved roughly inside by the taller of the two guards who had been stationed outside his compartment. I gave orders…