The sun is cruel. Relentless, it dogged him, draped upon his cooked shoulders, dragging him into the sand for it to feast upon his bones as part of some terra-celestial bargain he had fallen prey to. His shirt, tattered as it was, offered little protection against the intensity of the heat and, worse, was beginning to catch on the rash of blisters that had broken out across his back. His hands, meanwhile, had begun to ooze a thick yellowish pus from the cracks that canvassed them. The burns across his arms and hands had gone from pink to red to black.
The Sand Devours (Part I)
The Sand Devours (Part I)
The Sand Devours (Part I)
The sun is cruel. Relentless, it dogged him, draped upon his cooked shoulders, dragging him into the sand for it to feast upon his bones as part of some terra-celestial bargain he had fallen prey to. His shirt, tattered as it was, offered little protection against the intensity of the heat and, worse, was beginning to catch on the rash of blisters that had broken out across his back. His hands, meanwhile, had begun to ooze a thick yellowish pus from the cracks that canvassed them. The burns across his arms and hands had gone from pink to red to black.