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A Shower and a Change"Ah, damn. God damn."

The stain was small, no larger than a coin. It fell near his right hip, nestled in the dip between crotch and thigh. Still, it was nauseating. Paul stripped off the trousers and walked to the sink, hoping the sliver of hotel soap would take out the spot.

He began running the hot water and paused, staring at the vomit. Resisting the urge to gag, he grazed his fingers over the stain. It was purely liquid and slick like dish soap, but the sickly brown could only be vomit. He slowly raised his hand to his face and sniffed his fingers. Nothing. It seemed, for a moment, odorless. But no, he suddenly caught a faint

The Host With the MostPaul staggered out into the early morning fog like a drunkard.

He hunched into the raised lapels of this too-thin jacket and wandered away from the hotel, disoriented, shivering--panic gnawing at his gut like a cannibal. "I need help," he thought, "but where?" The nearest hospital was the obvious answer, but the thought of what the doctors would do filled his mind with images of hospital beds with straps, extended isolation with no answers and needles piercing his flesh.

The mass on his thigh was growing--that was certain. Paul could feel it writhing and pushing against his flesh as he walked.

Odyssey II Submission: Chapter OneCHAPTER ONE: WORLD'S END

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. – J.M. Barrie

The young redhaired woman was admiring herself in a full-length mirror. The vintage dress she was modeling reflected her fondness for the antique. She still laughed to think of how as a teenager she'd wandered from Victoria Station all the way down to the World's End area of the King's Road, somehow naively thinking that some glittering remnant of a 1960s storefront would magically appear.

A casual observer might have placed her in her late 20s or early 30s, with a sly smile that suggested a rare intelligence bubbling just below

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Prologue artwork submission for Odyssey II project.

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~LivingPoppets Nov 10, 2012 Professional General Artist

your color palette is amazing for this piece, really sets the mood. your skills are incredible!

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~sweeetKisses Nov 8, 2012 Student General Artist

I really love the way you coloured his skin

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*HansNomad Nov 8, 2012

Thanks.

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~NeriSiren Nov 8, 2012

It's kind of art nouveau-ish, with that Underground halo behind the man's head. I like it!

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*HansNomad Nov 8, 2012

I wanted to frame his head with something and I kept seeing the Underground sign pop up everywhere soooo ....

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~NeriSiren Nov 12, 2012

It was fate!

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*narutard277 Nov 7, 2012 Student Filmographer

at first i thought the word behind him said unwind, and i got all excited, but it's not.

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*HansNomad Nov 8, 2012

It can say anything you want it to.

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~iammythogeek Nov 4, 2012

Very James Jean. Have you every looked at his covers for Fables? Love it!

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*HansNomad Nov 8, 2012

Actually, yes--I do like his covers. I'm honored that you think this resembles his work--thanks.

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