Beautifully Broken

Beautifully Broken

Share this post

Beautifully Broken
Beautifully Broken
Into The Labyrinth (Hidden Temple, Black Dog, George Michael)

Into The Labyrinth (Hidden Temple, Black Dog, George Michael)

FICTION

Morgan Buchanan's avatar
Morgan Buchanan
Mar 23, 2024
∙ Paid

Share this post

Beautifully Broken
Beautifully Broken
Into The Labyrinth (Hidden Temple, Black Dog, George Michael)
Share
This is a continuation of Into The Labyrinth from the last two month's fiction features but it can be read as a stand alone piece. Click for parts 1 & 2.

The great mountain at the center of the labyrinth lay seemingly, just ahead, maybe a mile away, but no matter how carefully I tried to navigate towards it, the mountain never seemed to draw any closer. Just winding path after path with only minor variations. I kept track of the passage of the sun, marking it in my notebook – dawn, noon, and the sunset which turned my body into a sundial and cast long thin shadows on the labyrinth walls.

Three days became five, became ten. I was going nowhere and sensed that if something didn’t change soon, I’d get stuck again, forget I was even in the labyrinth and another twenty years would drift by.

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Beautifully Broken to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Morgan Buchanan
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share