Blood From a Stone (2013)
“He couldn’t help it but it was the worst thing he could have done. He missed his footing completely, rolling against the upright timber supporting the roof beam. The shower of brilliant embers became a rain.
With strength born of complete desperation, Jack grabbed hold of Wood. He hauled him against the rocky wall and, sheltering him with his body, flattened himself against the stones as, with a sound as if a giant had ripped a canvas sail, the beam collapsed.
The sound seemed to go on forever.... With what seemed like complete detachment, Jack heard the hiss and smelt the singeing of cloth as the shards of burning timber caught at his sodden clothes.
Then, at long last, came silence. In the black, fire-speckled darkness of the cave, he wasn’t sure if it was deafness or absence of noise. There was an incredible pressure on the small of his back. He moved slightly and the scrape of his shoe against rock reassured him. Other noises started to filter in. More creaking and snapping, more hissing and crackling as the fire licked lazily around what was left of the wood in the cave.MoreLess
With strength born of complete desperation, Jack grabbed hold of Wood. He hauled him against the rocky wall and, sheltering him with his body, flattened himself against the stones as, with a sound as if a giant had ripped a canvas sail, the beam collapsed.
The sound seemed to go on forever.... With what seemed like complete detachment, Jack heard the hiss and smelt the singeing of cloth as the shards of burning timber caught at his sodden clothes.
Then, at long last, came silence. In the black, fire-speckled darkness of the cave, he wasn’t sure if it was deafness or absence of noise. There was an incredible pressure on the small of his back. He moved slightly and the scrape of his shoe against rock reassured him. Other noises started to filter in. More creaking and snapping, more hissing and crackling as the fire licked lazily around what was left of the wood in the cave.MoreLess
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