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Month: August 2024

A tree-line at night, everything appears foggy and cold. A bright white light shines from the distance, suggesting some sort of presence just out of our sight.

The Discordance of Anima
by Zachary Robert Long (2153 words, estimated reading time: 10 minutes)

Posted on August 21, 2024September 27, 2024 by Zack Long

The night held the world in a darkness that felt never-ending to Billy’s ten year old brain. Curled up in his tent with a sleeping bag and a flashlight and his Deadpool comics, the chill dark air tasted like freedom. Freedom from bedtime. The kind of freedom adults get. This, he thought, this is what…

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