Via Dolorosa

Authors: Ronald Malfi

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“He could see no land either to his right or his left—just the everlasting tumult of the sea—and both behind and in front of him the narrow strip of white sand faded off into its respective horizon. While there seemed no prejudice in taking one direction over the other, he concluded with some sense of percipience that since he was facing forward, that must be the direction he had been chosen to walk. So he walked. The sand was incredibly soft. His feet sank deep into it with every step, several ...inches, sometimes burying his toes completely. The strip of sand itself was only about three feet wide, each side licked and flattened by the pull of the ocean waves. The water, further out, was black and desolate and cold-looking. He could see massive whitecaps rising up from the sea on either side of him. Walking, he kept his eyes straight ahead, trying not to look down and not to look out at the roiling, darkened sea.
Up ahead, something broke straight out of the water. It was too far ahead for him to see what it was but, as is the way with dreams, he did not have to recognize it to feel the strong, needling embrace of terror that suddenly encapsulated him.MoreLess Read More Read Less