Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

by Matt Dinniman

Every single one of those numbers was a person, someone who had lived, breathed, hoped, laughed. And they were just gone.

Just being in her presence imparted a feeling of longing in me, something difficult to describe. Like I wished I could relive my childhood, but this time, I’d have her as my mother, and she would have never, ever left me.

On television shows and in kids’ books, they always repeated the “Bullies will back down when stood up to” mantra. That was utter horseshit. It always has been. That only worked when the one standing up to the bully was stronger than them.