The Hunger by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Author:Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV000000
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2002-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Marta

She had the sensation of floating, and she suddenly could see, hear, and feel again, but with an intense, inhuman clarity. She looked down, and observed a heap of clothing lying on the steps, a crowd of strangers gathering around her. She felt nothing but a sense of peace. Where before she had gasped for breath, now she realized that breathing was not necessary.

She was surprised to realize how thin her body had become. It was barely detectable beneath the winter clothes. Maybe what everyone had been telling her was true after all. Her lifeless limbs seemed to have no more substance than the skeleton of the Armenian in the road on that Internet site. What have I done to myself?

As she felt herself rise further, she observed someone administering artificial resuscitation. It amazed her how much she didn’t care whether they revived her or not. Down below was the body that had betrayed her. Now she was pure essence.

Then she was engulfed in blackness. Paula groped through the darkness. She was suspended in a miasma of nothingness.

And then the space around her changed. The blackness emitted a metallic glitter, and as Paula watched, it enveloped her in a snaking vertical tunnel. Paula felt trapped. Is this what hell was like?

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