The Boy Who Walks In Shadow

Days spent walking, nights spent bitter, moments spent thinking about the girl from the airplane…a long short story or a short novela, you decide. Some dark tale, written in a little black notebook while backpacking and hitch hiking through Croatia and Slovenia. Stories of walking and isolation and the ceaseless burden of darkness weighing about the neck of a boy who has seen too much.

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thoughts from the back of a notebook

I often write words down on bar napkins, receipts, the palms of my hand, in the back of notebooks. They are random, in different styles, of different emotions. I am going to start a series, sharing these words, in their true fashion. They may not match, one may be poetic and another may be merely a description, but they are all part of me. I hope you enjoy

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Cody Updike
view through the veil

Usually crowds and tourists and hammering voices turn my heart sour and my tongue snapping. Today the moody sky and the little shivers running up my legs cool my skin, it’s as if the clouds are competing with me to be the grumpiest kid on the block. Darkness taps me on the shoulder and offers me a view through the veil.

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Cody Updike
unfinished

It’s been a while. It’s been a while. These voices pierce my veins. These words leak into my bloodstream. You’ve been a while. You’ve been a while. These feelings flood my chest. These thoughts leave my head.

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Cody Updike
Story Time: Into the Fae

A story about loving stories and the dark of the night. A story about a passion for pretty words and magical moments lost in the forest. A story about Fae creatures and wishing one could believe…

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Cody Updike
the woods were dappled

The woods were dappled, dark and grey, overcast like the light in my eyes. I stepped through the cold, my feet stumbling on patches of ice growing from the forest floor.

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Cody Updike
a quiet place

I lean against the rails, waiting for the sun to rise. I seem to do that so often these days, watching the waxing light through half-lidded eyes. This morning though is warmer than the last, and I watch the world brighten without a shiver.

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Cody Updike