{"id":5324,"date":"2026-01-04T01:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/splintered-02-unhinged-howard-a-g\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T01:18:34","slug":"splintered-02-unhinged-howard-a-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/splintered-02-unhinged-howard-a-g\/","title":{"rendered":". – Splintered 02 – Unhinged – Howard, A.G"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My art teacher says that a real artist bleeds for her craft, but he never told us that blood can become<\/em> your medium, can take on a life of its own and shape your art in vile and gruesome ways.<\/p>\n

I shove my hair over my shoulder, puncture my forefinger with the sterilized safety pin I had tucked in my pocket, then position the final glass gem on my mosaic and wait.<\/p>\n

As I press the translucent bead into the wet white plaster, I shudder at the seeping sensation. It\u2019s like a leech at the tip of my finger where I touch the glass, sucking and siphoning my blood to the underside of the gem, forming a pool of deep, velvet red. But it doesn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n

The blood dances \u2026 moves from gem to gem, coloring the back of each with a line of crimson\u2014forming a picture. Breath locks in my lungs and I wait for the lines to connect \u2026 wondering what the end result will be this time. Hoping it won\u2019t be her<\/em> again.<\/p>\n

The last bell of the day rings, and I scramble to cover my mosaic with a drop cloth, terrified someone might see the transformation taking place.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s yet another reminder that the Wonderland fairy tale is real, that my being a descendant of Alice Liddell means I\u2019m different from everyone else. No matter how much distance I try to put between us, I\u2019m connected forever to a strange and eerie sect of magical creatures called netherlings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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