The dead woman was drawn to cars. She latched onto them like an unseen scrap-feeder on a marine giant, unsure why she was still here, earth-bound, in some form of consciousness. Cars offered exhilarating speed. Flight. A maybe if I keep moving whoever is…

The Second Intifada, September 2003. There is a student protest in response to Israel’s raids in Rafah that Rachel skips to go camping with four college friends and her old buddy Long, who is hiking the Appalachian Trail to discover himself or whatever.

Content Note: All Possible Warnings Apply click here for full note Warnings: violence, incest, cannibalism, fratricide, attempted infanticide just as in the original…   Children don’t generally assume their father will abandon them to die in the snow. But…