“Go and get me a fathom of rope from that pile over there.”
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“Did you hear me, or have you gone deaf?!”
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“Well, say something, you idiot! We haven’t got much time.”
“uh, what’s a fathom…”
“Never mind. I’ll do it—just keep watch and let me know if you see anything.”
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“Anything weird! God, you’re impossible!”
Category: Work in Progress
A collection of posts with varying length, subject, and theme. Typically unfinished, these entries are often inspiration for longer works and ideas.
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Fathom
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Survival, WiP Entry #13
“Bit of advice,” said the stranger.
“Stay off the old road, after dark. Not safe these days. I seen plenty o’folkes go up that there thoroughfare… never seen from again. It’s a long ways from here to where yer goin’. And there’s not may kind faces in between.”“No shortage of ugliness, out there. I don’t mean to scare ya. It just wouldn’t be right not to tell ya, with that little one there with ya… No telling what might happen…”
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