{"id":17318,"date":"2018-11-13T20:57:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T20:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2018\/11\/13\/finally-a-preview-of-my-piece-for-the-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T03:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:21:17","slug":"finally-a-preview-of-my-piece-for-the-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2018\/11\/13\/finally-a-preview-of-my-piece-for-the-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17318 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2018\/11\/13\/finally-a-preview-of-my-piece-for-the-2\/attachment\/17319\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tumblr_phheciCfbl1qglc0do1_1280-2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tumblr_phheciCfbl1qglc0do1_1280-2-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tumblr_phheciCfbl1qglc0do1_1280-2-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gabapple.tumblr.com\/post\/179654213121\/gogoichirin-gabapple-finally-a-preview-of-my\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">gabapple<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gogoichirin.tumblr.com\/post\/179641154933\/gabapple-finally-a-preview-of-my-piece-for-the\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">gogoichirin<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gabapple.tumblr.com\/post\/179631191021\/finally-a-preview-of-my-piece-for-the\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">gabapple<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Finally, a preview of my piece for the <a class=\"tumblelog\" href=\"https:\/\/tmblr.co\/mHokbBZCXu6jGtGL9JY6bUw\">@yoihorrorzine<\/a>! There\u2019s danger in the woods, and you\u2019d think Yuuri would know better after all of Viktor\u2019s constant talk of wolves, but nooOoOoo\u2026 <br \/>\nPre-orders will open really soon, so watch out!!! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s a text version for easier translating:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUh-huh.\u201d One of the reasons they were in Russia was to improve Viktor\u2019s relationships with his family, and forcing Yakov to be at his beck and call for every little thing seems like the exact opposite of what they want. \u201cNot just because you don\u2019t want to drive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least I know how!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the public transportation system in Japan, I don\u2019t have to!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe you shouldn\u2019t have left, then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence. Then more wind. The snap of a branch. Yuuri sniffs and rights his glasses as he gets to his feet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait\u2014 Yuuka, I didn\u2019t mean that. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey Coach. Why don\u2019t you get the tent set up while I get the firewood.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYuuka\u2026\u201d Viktor\u2019s helpless, staring up at him. Good. \u201cYou heard what Yakov said\u2026 we\u2019re supposed to stay together!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re supposed to be the coach, now. You make the rules.\u201d Yuuri waits long enough for the reply to sink in, grabs his flashlight, and heads for the trail.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s already dark to begin with, but the gradual corkscrew of the dirt path leads Yuuri down to deeper darks, where every surface seems to mold with spongy moss or lush fern and berry patch.The sun probably doesn\u2019t ever touch some places here, and Yuuri\u2019s sure this is where Viktor\u2019s fairytales come from. The big trees stretch up and up, disappearing into swaths of black canopy, then drop back down with skinny trees that hang from emptiness like rope or skeletons in the beams of his flashlight.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s able to find plenty of options for kindling in only a few minutes, but he takes his time. They don\u2019t fight often, but time to cool down always helps, and letting Viktor stew over his mistakes does, too. So Yuuri wanders, picking up bits of branch and bark strip, winding through the spruce and birch, mountain ash and pine. The fuller his arms become, the less useful his flashlight is, wedged between a spray of dried pine needles and linden leaves. He depends on the trail directly in front of him, cutting in and out of the foliage. <\/p>\n<p>But nightfall has changed the forest. And Yuuri is lost. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h1>Pre-orders are now open!<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tictail.com\/yoihorrorzine\">https:\/\/tictail.com\/yoihorrorzine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, I guess I never mentioned that I did both the writing and illustrations for this piece, so there&rsquo;s that, too! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gabapple: gogoichirin: gabapple: Finally, a preview of my piece for the @yoihorrorzine! There\u2019s danger in the woods, and you\u2019d think Yuuri would know better after all of Viktor\u2019s constant talk of wolves, but nooOoOoo\u2026 Pre-orders will open really soon, so watch out!!! \ud83d\ude00 Here\u2019s a text version for easier translating:\u00a0 \u201cUh-huh.\u201d One of the reasons &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/2018\/11\/13\/finally-a-preview-of-my-piece-for-the-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[67,57,66,30],"class_list":["post-17318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-boost","tag-promos","tag-yoihorrorzine","tag-zines","post_format-post-format-gallery","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}