Ez a novella Alice és Caleb történetét meséli el egy párhuzamos univerzumban. Jelentkeztem vele a Könyvmolyképző Érints meg! pályázatára, de nem kerültem be, az okról fogalmam sincs. Mindenesetre ez egy Tempus novella, és bár fent van a novellás oldalamon is, úgy érzem, megérdemel annyit, hogy kikerüljön ide is. :)
“You could be my daughter.” For an intense second she stared into my eyes, not saying anything. My hands were on her waist, I felt her soft skin under my fingers as she straddled me. She laughed lightly and kissed me. “You already have a daughter,” she said with an …
Glory and gore. There is nothing else that matters when you’re in the arena. At least this is what he always says. I remember the first time I saw him fight. I hadn’t even known he was the best fighter in our pit, since he never basks in the glory …
Death is so mundane. So not what you’d expect. It happened on a hot August afternoon, in a hospital room that felt stuffy even though both the window and the door were open. My Mom was running in and out of the room. Sometimes she looked at us with tears …
“Apples or oranges?” “Oranges.” “Desert or ocean?” “Ocean.” “Stars or hearts?” I think about this for a moment.
I kissed her only once. It might sound surprising that this is the first thing that comes to my mind about her – or maybe not, if we take human selfishness into account. Everything is about me, me, me, only me; it is rarely about her, him, you or even …
