Dark Ride

by Iain Rob Wright

Life just seems shit whatever I decide to do.

Tasha, Ashley, Greg, and AJ all worked together, stamping, kicking, and pulling at the vicious creatures trying to eat their friend, filling the air with blood and the sound of breaking spines. It was sickening in every sense, but Ben was relying on them to save him.

Maybe that’s where we are. Maybe I’ve led my friends into Hell. Blindly falling forever.

We’re trapped in a sodding theme park ride with a life of its own and my best friend just got chewed up by a goddamn river monster.

I mean girls are just uptight around a guy in a wheelchair. They toy with the idea of being that lovely, sweet girl who doesn’t see the chair, but then they become a fantasy of themselves rather than anything real. They miss the point that I want a girl that doesn’t have to be anything but herself with me. I don’t need a goddamn saint.”

The three wolves were circling Ben and Tasha in an ever-shrinking circle. A noose.

“Life isn’t always what we choose.”

“People don’t get better when they’re dead. Once a nutcase, always a nutcase.”

Adults are supposed to look after children, not hurt them. Children are supposed to play and learn and never worry about anything.”

heroes never ran. Villains retreated.