Review for Monstrous
Top 5 Tuesday: 16-5-2023: Fire and Lightning
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
Ten.
That’s how many bullet holes I counted puncturing the rusted brown Bardell County highway sign. There were probably more, but I lost count when it blurred past us as Mom accelerated into town. I turned to look through the rear window, wondering if I imagined them, but they were as real as the seat belt digging into my neck. Dreary sunlight streamed through the holes like an erratic cheese grater, and I couldn’t think of a more fitting welcome to this wasteland.