Escape Artists
Cast of Wonders => Episode Comments => Topic started by: Languorous Lass on March 25, 2022, 03:44:15 AM
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Cast of Wonders 490: Prophecy Girls (https://www.castofwonders.org/2022/03/cast-of-wonders-490-prophecy-girls/)
• Author: Sydney Paige Guerrero (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/sydney-paige-guerrero/)
• Narrator: Tala Wong (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/tala-wong-2/)
• Host: Andrew K. Hoe (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/andrew-k-hoe/)
• Audio Producer: Jeremy Carter (http://www.castofwonders.org/people/jeremy-carter/)
"Prophecy Girls" was originally published in Translunar Travelers Lounge (https://translunartravelerslounge.com/2021/02/15/prophecy-girls-by-sydney-paige-guerrero/), Issue 4, February 15, 2021.
Click here to listen to Episode 490 (http://traffic.libsyn.com/castofwonders/Wonders490.mp3)
Sen was the twenty-third Chosen One to save the world. She knew she would not be the last.
Sen remembered everything the history books would not mention: how suffocating the darkness felt, pressing against her and thrumming with life; the smell of sulfur and honey as the Darkling leaned in to devour her, teeth grazing her skin and drawing blood; how sharp the air tasted when her internal emergency systems kicked in after her human heart stopped beating; her hair clinging to her face, heavy and slick with the Darkling’s blood, as she lay gasping with half her body a mess of torn synthetic skin and frayed wires; the way Mr. Smith stared at her in horror as she staggered to her feet as if she were a newly-risen Darkling; the—
“Chosen,” Mr. Smith said.
Tags: Andrew K. Hoe, Chosen One, control, escape, freedom, Jeremy Carter, justice, magic, prophecy, rituals, scars, Sydney Paige Guerrero, Tala Wong, technology, young adult fiction