Beyond the Shore
ShortStory 2,006 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Nobody noticed the first few. They walked. One by one, in the beginning. Isolated instances. On every continent, mid-meal, mid-shower, mid-work, mid-fuck, right out the door of a pulled-up car in the middle of a freeway—ordinary people turned their backs on their ordinary lives and walked."
Content warnings 1
death-of-a-loved-one
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