Sky Full of Elephants

by Cebo Campbell

Nearly an entire nation seemed, suddenly, discoverable. He wondered if this was what Columbus felt: to look upon something already there with nothing to stop you from claiming every mile as yours.

This transition is too quick and far too obvious. The self-hatred trope a bit trite—the mirror scene…Really? More complexity—character development to sentence structure and vocabulary.

Heavily, the frightening realization settled on Charlie and nearly took his breath away. “You’re talking about the event, aren’t you? The