Archive for September, 2007

Posted on September 26, 2007 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Part 39

There was another opening, larger than the one they’d come out of, that lead into a tunnel big enough for Elliot to walk through. The light hadn’t returned by the time he started down the passage, so he again felt along the walls with his hands, crouching to prevent an impact with his head. [...]

Posted on September 24, 2007 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Part 38

The passageway was narrow, the walls jagged. Elliot and Evajean moved slowly, Elliot in front, feeling with hands pressed out on opposite walls, head low. The pace was terrible on Elliot’s legs, his muscles not used to this kind of work, and he knew they’d have to stop frequently or the burning in [...]

Posted on September 17, 2007 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Part 37

The people were shouting now, some in the strange language of the crazies, others just calling out phrases in repetition of Jeffry, and several stood up and began dancing, writhing and twisting in place. Elliot pulled Evajean into him as the crowd pressed forward, into the center of the circle. Soon his view [...]

Posted on September 4, 2007 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Part 36

And so they did. Elliot sat between two women, with a young boy in front of him and next to Evajean, and watched as all of Nahom’s citizens bowed their heads and, except for the ones holding the torches and candles, clasped their hands, and he waited as the tense feeling in his stomach [...]