Byron Tucker > Quotes

“To say he had doubts about this excursion, which Wyoming State University hadn't even authorized, would easily qualify for the understatement of the year. But as he pondered his reason for doing this, Ellington bit his lip, swallowed a bolus of raw fear in his throat and continued to descend, allowing the nylon rope to slip through the carabiner underneath his posterior.”
― Byron Tucker, Winter Fall

“Doing his best to ignore the sulfuric fumes gagging his throat, Ellington descended as quickly as he could, the opening of the sky above him growing smaller by the second. Tendrils of hot, steamy air entangled his body as the not-yet-visible bottom of the sinkhole grumbled like distant thunder.”
― Byron Tucker, Winter Fall