Adam Millard (ed) - Wake Up Dead by an Undead Anthology

Author:an Undead Anthology [Anthology, an Undead]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B006MS5P2C
Publisher: Crowded Quarantine Publications
Published: 2012-07-19T13:46:31+00:00

SUICIDE SOLUTION

R.D.Teun

Quinn walked slowly past the houses that sat quietly beneath the shelter of night. Not one curtain flickered; there was no news to be heard just yet. However, come tomorrow, those curtains would flicker. The neighbours that had been strangers for years would greet each other to discuss the mystery of the night before. It would be the tale that lovers used as justification to cling together, when the cold was of no available excuse. Cold-hearted murderers would lay awake at night, clutching their sheets and left to watch the windows for strange faces. Lost in the deep pool of his own thought as he entered the field just beyond the houses, Quinn wondered why this place was chosen: Why here? Where it was open and wide. Why not somewhere quiet and secluded? The grass crunched softly beneath his feet as he walked to the edge of the lake. Despite his reservations of chosen location, he could barely contain his excitement; here he was taking what could be his last breaths as a mortal. It was tonight, soon he would be inducted…No. He was to transcend into

the upper echelons of a new existence. To live forever, to live a thousand lifetimes. Never knowing the cruel grace of old age, never knowing sickness. He felt the last feelings of regret slowly ebb away. His family would never know of him again. A once in a lifetime chance. If confronted with the moral dilemma that he was given, he was sure they would have made the same choice. Not that it mattered anymore; they had refused him their loving embrace for some time now. He was fathered by a man who never wanted him in the first place. All Quinn was ever told was that he was a product of a one-night stand; he was never part of that particular deal, as he was constantly reminded during his adolescence. He had spent his entire life not belonging. Now he was old enough to be responsible for himself, he was shown the door never to darken it again with his shadow. All that was left was the world to be explored. Around him the crickets sang. The animals of the night made their quiet way through the surrounding trees as they swayed as lightly as feathers caught in a breeze, and the night welcomed the end of the day. Quinn hoped this would be the last of his suffering. Life had not been kind to him; it had seemed to be against him at every corner. Maybe in his death and rebirth the pain would falter, perhaps fade away completely. Maybe, for the first time in his life he would finally be a piece of a puzzle that fitted.

‘There have been men who have lost countless years watching their own reflection.’

The voice caused Quinn to nearly leap from the very skin he inhabited. Quinn turned around to face the owner of the familiar voice.

‘Is this gonna be the last night?’ said Quinn with a nervous smile.

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