I dreamed of eternal life and godlike powers and thought I would be able to make that dream come true. For years, I worked away in my lab until I had my final formula. I drank it down merrily, toasting the divine life.
I have had eternal life for 150 years, have super strength and speed and, on occasion, can fly.
I also have an insatiable taste for blood and sunlight burns me so badly I wake only after dark.
Would a God keep themselves hidden beneath an Australian cattle ranch existing existing only on cow blood? I think not.
I have had eternal life for 150 years, have super strength and speed and, on occasion, can fly.
I also have an insatiable taste for blood and sunlight burns me so badly I wake only after dark.
Would a God keep themselves hidden beneath an Australian cattle ranch existing existing only on cow blood? I think not.
Written for the 100 Word Challenge on Thin Spiral Notebook; the prompt was the word, Divine.
Ooo. This feels like the opening to a longer story.
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