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The Shepherd – Part Three
March 13th 2023 Mum, it hurts. I’m still working, because everyone says I’m fine, but I know that I’m not. I’ve been sick four times since I woke up, like a pregnant bird or something. I can’t keep anything down, and I can barely keep my eyes open. I’m exhausted, but everyone says I’m fine,…
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The Shepherd – Part Two
March 12th 2023 Hello Mum, I’m sorry if I seemed a bit out of sorts in that last letter. I’m fine, honestly. You don’t need to worry. I’m not worried. It’s all alright. I just got a bit overexcited, that’s all. Came over a bit peculiar, but I’m fine. I’ve been drinking more water. I’ve…
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The Shepherd – Part One
Operation Shepherd Briefing Document To whom it may concern, Attached are two essential pieces of evidence that will assist you in locating, apprehending and disposing of Captain James Ovid Plately. It is of the utmost importance that this is done as discreetly as you can manage, as to not further alarm the public during this…
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Flashback – The Cure
The iron lung isn’t forever. I am surrounded by the insistent beep of the monitors, the relentless rapping of the rain at the window, the endless hum of the lights up ahead, and the constant ache of all the things I could be, and the things I could do, if I were free. The dreams…
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Picking Apples
We would pick apples in the summertime, and he would tell me that I was the girl that the world had been waiting for. As the red, ripe apples kissed goodbye to the branches that birthed them, he would kiss my forehead, the cool breeze rushing past my face and toying with my dark curls. …
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 