Will Dean

A Novel

The Last One

crossing my fingers that he did !! but also, somehow, i feel like he's a plant working with the 

Atli 💗🧚🏽‍♀️

“He died. You saw his face, Caz. You saw the look in his eyes.”

The camera zooms in to focus on his foot.

lmfaoo these mfs don't care about you ppl

Through the scope orange flames are visible. The ship is on fire and I can make out one man in a wet-weather suit. He disappears from view.

The look in Frannie’s eyes as I hit the next wave and go under, resurfacing past them. Past their reach. Past any realistic chance of rescue.

Please do remember that you brought this upon yourselves

When we arrive at the rear of the ship, Daniel’s standing there shirtless, his trousers soaking wet, netting gathered all around his feet, holding a small fish above his head like it’s a sporting trophy. The fish is the size of a wine bottle.

he's probably overboard. rip to him. i know that son of a bitch is the one who opened that damn box!

Wind whistling around the funnels and towers of the ship. And then the distant sound of Daniel screaming for help.

“But why can we see it off to the side?” 

I stand up to join her. “Because we’re 

“I’m too old for this,” says Smith. “What kind of consequences?”

Daniel lowers his voice. “As you know, the box had words etched on the lid. Do not open the box. Inside, etched in the same font, on the base, was one word. Consequences.”

we get it. you're a deadbeat... get another personality pls

My daughter wishes she could see me more regularly, that’s all I know. She wishes I’d pick her up from kindergarten.

again, i say, who's gonna tell her these ppl don't care??

“This is an appeal to any lawyer, human rights advocate, or charity organization. We have not consented to any part of this experience. I urge you to contact law enforcement. Talk to your local politicians. Call the authorities. Before this gets out of hand, you must intervene. Don’t just sit and watch us. 

She smiles, nodding. “They’ll have to feed us, Caz.”

being delulu! these mfs don't give a rat's bottom !!

“The TV people, I mean. They have a duty of care, Caz, a strict code to abide by. We’re on their ship so they’d give us emergency treatment if that happened. Wouldn’t they?”

“The episode with the sinking lifeboat,” she says, cutting him off, “was watched by an audience in excess of the last Super Bowl. You have multitudes of loyal admirers and exuberant fans. Newspaper headlines and magazine articles are written each day in your honor. Congratulations, passengers.”

The four of us peer down at the boat far below us. The lifeboat cables have detached. The vessel pitches to one side, and then, silently, it sinks beneath the waves.

“I just discovered that, on this ship, at least, no power means no running water. None of the faucets are working anymore. None of the toilets either. So, it’s rationing time. We’d better pray it rains.”

omg not the dogs!! what if the ship sinks???

I crouch and pull it to one side and there’s a young girl hiding underneath and she’s wrapped in blankets.

the Australian box jellyfish contains enough toxin to kill thirty humans.

a hundred percent of the moon has been mapped but only five percent of the ocean floor.

short reason: oh my god, 72% into the book and only now there's an 

 death??? and we still don't fucking know what's going on, why it's happening, and who we're blaming!! it's so long for no goddamn reason, because absolutely nothing has happened.

rating: 2.5 stars

status: DNF @ 72% (295/409)

short reason: oh my god, 72% into the book and only now there's an alleged death??? and we still don't fucking know what's going on, why it's happening, and who we're blaming!! it's so long for no goddamn reason, because absolutely nothing has happened.

long reason [COMING SOON]

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