“There was a labyrinth without a monster” —

Oliver Miller
1 min readApr 16, 2023

There was a labyrinth without a monster.
But we entered, compelled by outside forces.
And so we entered, nervous, one of us holding a torch, the other a sword.
Here, then, was our doom.

But as we peered around the corners, there was nothing there.
Just darkness, silence, and an endless maze.
The maze didn’t end…

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Oliver Miller

I have an MFA in fiction and have written for many publicatons, including The Huffington Post, AOL, Sundance Channel TV, and The Paris Review Online.