{"id":370,"date":"2022-03-17T12:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/?p=370"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:56:32","slug":"betweentimes-best-foot-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/2022\/03\/17\/betweentimes-best-foot-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Betweentimes: Best Foot Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/01-Betweentimes-thumbs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-371 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/01-Betweentimes-thumbs.jpg 468w, https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/01-Betweentimes-thumbs-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This first vignette in the <em>Betweentimes<\/em> series is \u201cBest Foot Forward\u201d in which Hyrhyn is challenged for being insensitive (what, <em>Hyrhyn<\/em>? No!). A short piece about trauma, memory, and moving forward as our survivors take tentative steps in the new world they find themselves, immediately after the events of <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/2021\/12\/17\/afterlands-after-the-harrowing-book-i\/\">Afterlands: After the Harrowing<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Betweentimes<\/em> are just slices-of-life about tossed things, lost things, and making the best of bad situations. They are presented on this website, always free to download. If you are new to <em>Afterlands<\/em>, it might help to familiarize yourself with the characters and events of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/books\/\">previous stories<\/a> first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.5k words. Click format to read now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/001-Afterlands-Betweentimes-Best-Foot-Forward.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" target=\"_blank\">PDF<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/epubs\/001%20Afterlands%20Betweentimes%20Best%20Foot%20Forward.epub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EPUB<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">[<em>Betweentimes<\/em> vignettes may contain material sensitive in nature. This one has mild references to mental health concerns and past trauma.]\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This first vignette in the Betweentimes series is \u201cBest Foot Forward\u201d in which Hyrhyn is challenged for being insensitive (what, Hyrhyn? No!). A short piece about trauma, memory, and moving forward as our survivors take tentative steps in the new world they find themselves, immediately after the events of Afterlands:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betweentimes","wpcat-9-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookingland.com\/afterlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}