“I start to count. This is the important part. I have to count right. Not too fast, nor too slow. All the way to one hundred. It must be spoken aloud, without interruption. Whispering is acceptable; the count keeps my… — Michael F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“The Goth boy stares at me, and I give him a what-are-you-looking-at stare right back. “I’m dead,” he says in a dull monotone. “Pardon me?” Adriana asks, but he keeps staring at me. “You’re dead, too. Look at your veins.… — Michael F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“I start to count. This is the important part. I have to count right. Not too fast, nor too slow. All the way to… — Michael F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“This is how every fairy tale starts. With the storyteller explaining to the reader just how it is. There once was a girl named… — Michael F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“I hear a siren and, if we weren’t already in a hospital, I would have assumed they were coming for nearly everyone in this… — Michael F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“The Goth boy stares at me, and I give him a what-are-you-looking-at stare right back. “I’m dead,” he says in a dull monotone. “Pardon… — Michael F. Stewart Copy Share Image
