The world is ending. You're dying. You're alone. Your friends risked an uncertain fate in a hole that magically appeared one day. No one is coming to save you. So, will you follow your friends, or starve to death?
A life that wants nothing more than to embrace Thanatos, but is pulled back towards life by others through the words "I love you."
My entry for an old contest (YGWC 2020). A story about two women who have to hide their love in 1940s Russia.
After so many years with someone, saying goodbye for indeterminate time can be an inexplicable pain to deal with and, for better or for worse, sometimes loneliness feels like a more terrifying outcome than death.
A lot of people has to leave their own land due wars, yet their heart still lingers to be there... Some would give up with fear, others will go back... Even if it means that they will only go there to die.
To whom it may concern, In the hushed corridors of our existence, where laughter once echoed, now resides a specter of memories. Amei, my sister, once a beacon of warmth, now stands as an enigma veiled in silence. The melody of her laughter has faded, replaced by an unfathomable ailment tha...
Charon, a name belongs to the one who guide the souls of dead to their destination, the underworld. Thanatos, a name that belongs to the god of death. Would a boy with both roles save a girl who was in despair or guide her to the path he never belonged to?