One thousand thoughts drift
through jello’d hippocampus
Back against carpet
About the Creator
Matthew J. Fromm
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
I can be reached at [email protected]
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Throne of the Beast
“Lock and load.” Knight One’s command echoed through his helmet, drowning out the helo’s thumping engines. Knight Two sat across from him, his mechanical gloves thumbing the safety on his oversized auto shotgun clad in etched black metal. Knight Four scoffed silently, his face obscured by the jet-black helmet. An uncivilized weapon for an uncivilized man. There are already enough of those in this godless world. Two always seemed unsettling, like a big frothing dog in a constant internal struggle of, “Should I bite or hump my master?” It was no wonder Callsign General loved Two, even if Callsign Archbishop barely tolerated him. One was the Archbishop's girl.
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In the Everyone Is Acting Normally challenge, something is clearly wrong, but no one stops to name it. Across the shortlist, that wrongness appears as resurrections, surveillance, disappearance, and denial, each treated as part of daily life.
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Comments (8)
Nothing more satisfying than a good floor nap, in my humble opinion
This is great and I echo everyone. I thought I had commented too cos I read it the other day there. Oh well, great entry.
"jello'd hippocampus" is a stroke of genius. I felt like a student reading this 😁
Very philosophical, Matthew.
I want to enter that attic door upside down! That would be my thoughts! 😁 We don’t have those in Australia so a bit of a novelty. This was original and completely nails the brief Matt. The pic helps prove it happened!
I get perspective shift...these days they wobble a lot. But this pic...echoing AJ below.
Ha! For a quick second, I didn't know what the heck was going on in the pic. I thought those pull-down stairs were a normal door. I didn't see the light fixture at first. So, it was def a perspective shift for me when i saw the tops of actual doorways, lol.
Did you just revert to being a bored teenager during spring break?