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PART ONE

Death-Cast

To live is the rarest thing in the world

Most people exist, that’s all

—Oscar Wilde

September 5, 2017

MATEO TORREZ

12:22 am

Death-Cast is calling with the warning of a lifeti” is too strong a word since warnings suggest so at soiving them the chance to step back; this is , like a church bell one block away, is blasting fro out already, a hundred thoughts i around me I bet this chaos is what a first-ti out of a plane, or a pianist playing his first concert Not that I will ever know for sure

It’s crazy Oneentry from CountDowners—where Deckers chronicle their final hours through statuses and photos via live feeds, this particular one about a college junior trying to find a ho to die

I’ tonoyes Yes

My chest tightens I’ today

I’ve always been afraid of dying I don’t knohy I thought this would jinx it froh so I could grow up Dad has even been drilling it into my head that I should pretend I’ bad ever happens to, most especially death, because the hero has to be around to save the day But the noise indown and there’s a Death-Cast herald on the other end of the phone waiting to tell hteen years old