tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83758272522675411742011-08-01T19:04:05.450-06:00re: Beyond Black DoorsMainoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375827252267541174.post-86092284672470536532008-12-12T09:10:00.011-06:002008-12-16T02:57:21.917-06:00Part 1, Two Years After: Second AnniversaryMy cellphone's alarm suddenly went off at exactly twelve midnight, snapping me awake from the sweet sensation of literally falling asleep; something that I worked hard for after hours of tossing and turning on my bed. My hands blindly groped across the bedsheets for the infernal source of a tinny music clip, taken from a song that sounded catchy a couple of years ago. I had to endure the Mainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375827252267541174.post-44912564877248675702008-12-10T19:56:00.000-06:002008-12-12T00:21:16.181-06:00Prologue: Beyond the Black DoorA lone ray of sunlight was the only thing that managed to slip inside the boarded-up studio apartment. Its scant light shone through one of the gaps between the decayed wooden planks that blocked every possible entrance, illuminating the cold cheek of a man sprawled across the floor of the almost pitch-black room.Traces of how the man had lived within that very space - the way he slept, the way Mainoreply@blogger.com0