She was dry. She was lying on something soft. She was wrapped in quilts. There was a star of light drifting above her, and a smell like a herb garden. Taggle was a long warmth stretched out at one side, his chin in her hand, his tail curled over her neck. She thought they might be in heaven.
Taggle farted.
Plain Kate coughed and sneezed. And then she really was awake.

Erin Bow

Tag: comfort sleepy comfortable flatulence rude-awakening

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Finally, it's not the lies we tell others that do the most damage, it's those we tell ourselves. From this all troubles rise.

Anthony McCarten

Tag: rude-awakening breathrough

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I was woken by a shell-burst in the trench of sleep. Heart skipping, with eyes fighting light, my thoughts sprang up like a field of starlings startled by a farmer's gunshot, a thousand separate, autonomous specks that swirled into a single united black shape.

Will Wiles

Tag: sadness depression rude-awakening morning-thoughts

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