The Disappearance of Ember Crow (2013)
“I had a vague idea that I should be somewhere else, except I couldn’t remember where. Anyway, there was only the hill; everything else was a blurry nothingness.
A man was waiting at the very top. I couldn’t see his face from this distance, and I knew it was important that I did. So I started to climb. Up, and up, and up. When I got close, he swung around.
White hair. Long nose. Pleasant brown eyes. And a mouth that turned up at the corners, as if he smiled a lot.
It was my old enemy, Neville Ro...se.
I took a step back. He flung out his arms, and shouted, “Look what I have done!”
I looked, but couldn’t see anything. Until I shifted my gaze downwards and realised what I had been walking on.
The hill was made up of bodies. Thousands of them, all piled up together. Not only humans, either – animals. Plants. Trees.
This was the death of the world.
I lunged for Rose … … and found myself sitting upright in a bed.
A dream. It was only a dream. I hugged my knees to my chest. It’s okay.MoreLess
A man was waiting at the very top. I couldn’t see his face from this distance, and I knew it was important that I did. So I started to climb. Up, and up, and up. When I got close, he swung around.
White hair. Long nose. Pleasant brown eyes. And a mouth that turned up at the corners, as if he smiled a lot.
It was my old enemy, Neville Ro...se.
I took a step back. He flung out his arms, and shouted, “Look what I have done!”
I looked, but couldn’t see anything. Until I shifted my gaze downwards and realised what I had been walking on.
The hill was made up of bodies. Thousands of them, all piled up together. Not only humans, either – animals. Plants. Trees.
This was the death of the world.
I lunged for Rose … … and found myself sitting upright in a bed.
A dream. It was only a dream. I hugged my knees to my chest. It’s okay.MoreLess
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