Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman

they had ignited false stars on the roof of Hell to make a mockery of what was above.

humility demands submission to those who know best.

Hell, like prison, is worse when you don’t feel you earned it.

of course, that goes numb. And they find something that’s still raw and they work on that, or they give you something back only to make you feel enough to scream when you lose it again.

Thomas de Givras, I damn thee and then chewing him down alive. He shivered and let it. I damn thee He cried and let it. I damn thee And then he just let it. Eventually he even stopped yelling, and that was when they decided he was ready for something worse.

Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death of loss.