A.A. MacConnell's Blog, page 21
February 8, 2019
Zombie Apocalypse (pt20)
At the very least there was the possibility to change the subject. Tim knew he couldn’t ask Irish to do this now. Even if she could talk to Heherson about it, it wouldn’t be fair to her and who knew how long it would take Heherson to get beyond the whole “take me back” routine he’d likely start up the moment Irish arrived. Very quickly, Tim checked his phone to see if he had somehow missed a call. Gotten a message. Anything. But no, his father had not responded in any form.
Time to bite the b...
February 6, 2019
Spears (pt3)
As always at the end of her shift, Azzah began to feel tired. She could just taste the drink from town already, something that always came at the end of their day to quench the thirst that grew at the same rate as the sunlight slanting through the distant forest’s treetops.
They were at a prime location, here in Hirka. The forest lay right down the way, a great expanse of trees for everything the people might need to take from it. In the other direction lay the waters, for anyone who wanted t...
February 5, 2019
Zombie Apocalypse (pt19)
Irish had been completely right. Already Heherson had started in on it. There was no way that bringing her here would let Heherson focus on anything else. On the other hand, would he then stop raising the dead if Irish asked him to? Tim was here, so it wasn’t like he could do anything else. It wasn’t as if Heherson had tried doing anything to Irish anyway, since they had broken up. He might seem a bit obsessed, but other than being a bit of a creep while talking about it Heherson hadn’t done...
February 2, 2019
what might actually be behind it
Captivated, one may describe the
Helpless feeling from an
Acceptance that is brought from another’s smile
Relishing in the moment they
Make you feel special
February 1, 2019
Why doesn’t anyone pronounce the first ‘r’ in February?
I don’t say it either, but I don’t know why. February is a strange word. So I went and looked it up. One thing I read said apparently people have dropped that first “r” for about a hundred a fifty years. Another mentioned it is because that combination of sounds doesn’t come naturally in the English language. I’ll admit, it is easier for me to say fevrier than it is for me to pronounce February correctly.
And I am wrong. Some people do pronounce it as it is spelled. Props to you. (I am being...
January 30, 2019
Spears (pt2)
Unable to conceal her pride, Azzah retracted her arm and slid her spear to where she normally carried it, slung against her back. “Time to perfect techniques. The best gift this post has bestowed on us.”
Reem placed her own spear at her back as well. The wood of her spear was much darker than Azzah’s. It was slightly longer too, but only by a few finger widths. The same amount that she was shorter than Azzah by. Barely enough for most people to notice. “You had just complained about missing t...
January 29, 2019
Zombie Apocalypse (pt18)
Tim followed him in, if just to make sure that the other man wouldn’t look out at the car the moment Irish moved in it and made him realize that she had indeed showed up. At least, not until Tim had prepared him for it. “You ran your last car off a bridge.”
“That wasn’t my fault!”
“And the one before that ended up a tree somehow. I’m more surprised that you still have a license. And a new car.”
Heherson was studying him now, something Tim wasn’t sure what to make of. Heherson never looked all...
January 26, 2019
Everyone loves being told what they are
Reese told me to stop being so irrational
And I took a moment to reflect upon what
That actually meant.
I was being irrational because I reacted the
Only way I knew how, not because I reacted
Needless to say, the tone of Reese’s response
Actually told me more than the reflection
Leading with a scream doesn’t give one credence
January 25, 2019
Zombie Apocalypse (pt17)
Tim couldn’t help but smile at Heherson’s enthusiastic notice of the situation. Nonetheless, he really had to turn things around. “Well, sometimes you have to do things during times you would rather not. I’m not interrupting anything, am I?”
“No, no! Interrupting nothing!”
Tim doubted this. Even if the zombie apocalypse wasn’t being prepared for. Who else would be that ready to answer the door at this hour if they weren’t actually awake doing something?
However, before Tim could think about h...
January 23, 2019
Spears (pt1)
The house Azzah and Reem watched over was different than the thatched roofed houses in town. It was made of brick and wood, standing square. Its walls held up a roof with two sides to it. It was larger than the rounded walls and roofs of the other homes. Azzah imagined it required more supports on the inside to hold it up. It was an odd sight outside the town of Hirka. Yet it had stood here for years, longer than either Azzah or Reem had lived in this place. Azzah was used to it now, but she...
