Fantasy Scroll Magazine Issue #3 by Iulian Ionescu

Author:Iulian Ionescu [Ionescu, Iulian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC028000, FIC009000, FIC015000, FIC003000, dark fantasy, fantasy, fantasy magazine, magazine, novelette, science fiction, science fiction magazine, short stories, short story
ISBN: 978-0-9916619-2-3
Publisher: Fantasy Scroll Press, LLC
Published: 2014-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

I go for a long walk. Eventually I arrive back at the Solace Home.

Our room, normally familiar and reassuring to me, feels foreign, as though I'm seeing it for the first time. When I step inside Cora is snoring mildly, but as I approach the bed she wakes up. I sit by her side on the floor. "I'm sorry, Cora," I say. "I've been an ass."

"Beyo?" Concern creases her forehead. "The test…" She rubs her sleep-addled eyes.

I nod. "It's all over. I got through it—thanks to you."

She props herself up on her elbows, frown deepening. "Me?"

I nod again. The time for detailed explanations will come later.

"You passed, then?"

"I failed," I say. "But it's for the best."

Outside, the sun is rising. Its rays pass easily through the thin curtains, dappling the wall opposite our bunk bed in golden hues. I hear the patter of feet in the corridor as others wake up and head down to the meal area in search of breakfast, a sloppy, volunteer-served breakfast, but breakfast nonetheless.

A new day is beginning.

I smile at my sister. It takes a few heartbeats for her to smile back, quizzically at first, then reassured by the warmth and depth of my expression, and we find each other in the moment.

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