Twilight for Horses
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Reading Twilight, one horse at a time.
It was in this town that I’d been compelled to spend a month every summer until I was fourteen.
January 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It was in this town that I’d been compelled to spend a month every summer until I was fourteen.
It was from this town and its gloomy, omnipresent shade that my mother escaped with me when I was only a few months old.
January 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
It was from this town and its gloomy, omnipresent shade that my mother escaped with me when I was only a few months old.
It rains on this inconsequential town more than any other place in the United States of America.
January 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It rains on this inconsequential town more than any other place in the United States of America.
In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a near-constant cover of clouds.
January 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a near-constant cover of clouds.
My carry-on item was a parka.
January 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My carry-on item was a parka.
I was wearing my favorite shirt—sleeveless, white eyelet lace; I was wearing it as a farewell gesture.
January 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I was wearing my favorite shirt—sleeveless, white eyelet lace; I was wearing it as a farewell gesture.
It was seventy-five degrees in Phoenix, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue.
January 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It was seventy-five degrees in Phoenix, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue.
My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down.
January 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down.
1. First Sight
January 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
1. First Sight
The hunter smiled in a friendly way as he sauntered forward to kill me.
January 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The hunter smiled in a friendly way as he sauntered forward to kill me.
When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.
January 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.
But terrified as I was, I couldn’t bring myself to regret the decision.
January 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
But terrified as I was, I couldn’t bring myself to regret the decision.
I knew that if I’d never gone to Forks, I wouldn’t be facing death now.
January 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I knew that if I’d never gone to Forks, I wouldn’t be facing death now.
Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.
January 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.
I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me.
January 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me.
But even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.
January 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
But even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.
—though I’d had reason enough in the last few months—
January 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
—though I’d had reason enough in the last few months—
I’d never given much thought to how I would die
January 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’d never given much thought to how I would die