January 2012
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the radiance: chapter three
What are the chances? I mean, sure, you would expect someone to recognize something that was theirs, but at the rate Shannon went through drumsticks he surely wouldn’t think much of this, right? Then again, I wasn’t too worried about him recognizing it—it was farfetched to believe he would—but since I took little pride in my musical inaptitude, it made the thought of explaining my possession of it...
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the radiance: chapter two
Morning came faster than expected. I had wanted the night to fly by, but now that I stood over my sink with the contents of my stomach staining the wet ceramic I regretted what I had wished for. I had no recollection of any of it, only the various aches in my body which suggested I was experiencing my first hangover. Clutching to the sides of the sink, I looked at my reflection in the mirror,...
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The Radiance: Chapter One
I smiled to myself, blissfully ignorant of what those around me might make of the silly expression I sported. Eyes clouded, pupils wide, cheekbones jutting upwards as I revelled in the moment, bearing all twenty-eight teeth (my wisdom teeth had yet to grow out). Time seemingly stood still, though I could feel those around me moving as if only I stood still in time. Our eyes locked for what felt...