29 Jun Blood Ties
The sky was dark, threatening rain as Ryan got out of the car, slamming the door behind him.Β Uncle Selwynβs house...
The sky was dark, threatening rain as Ryan got out of the car, slamming the door behind him.Β Uncle Selwynβs house...
The only proper way I can describe my childhood is that it was an afterthought for my parents. Father worked two jobs, one as a cattle hand and the other as a busboy in Sydney. Even with the good tips he made from tourists, the money...
James was an eight-year-old boy with the heart of a dog and the energy of a hummingbird. His mother died when he was only five, so he lived with his grandmother, Babcia. They were very poor: their house was a tiny, dilapidated thing, with a...
I think thereβs three of them still out there β three wolves. Aside from the one I killed, Iβve only seen two at any given time, but theyβre distinct enough for me to tell them apart β there are three of them. Weβve been trapped...
My name is Clem. I grew up in a little town in south Louisiana called Chickapin, about an hour west of New Orleans and right on the edge of the deep bayou. There were channels everywhere, and you could make it from my backyard all...
βDo not go outside! Ignore all cries for help, no matter how human they sound!β shouted Alexβs dad. He pulled the cellar door over and paused to look back. βAnd lock this door behind me.β The door slammed shut. Alex locked it, walked down the stairs...
I never thought that dying would save my life. But then death has always been a funny son-of-a-bitch. Three weeks ago I made an appointment to see my regular doctor about an annoying cough that wouldnβt go away. It got so bad I swore that Gary,...
Have you ever looked up at the moon at night and dreamed of a better life? Maybe wished for love or simply looked for inspiration? Itβs amazing, isnβt it, such a magnificent celestial body just hanging in the sky, one weβve lived with since the...
Some said it was the moonβs glow that would hit the aged broken glass of the churchβs upper lofts on certain nights. Others claimed it was merely their imagination...
Outside the wind shrieked against the window pane, the news had said that there was a blizzard headed her way. Stacey had been rushing around the house since 5 pm trying to get her bags packed. She was hoping to hit the road by seven...
The spring flu was been going around the school like usual, but some people were sicker than normal. They didnβt just have fever and headache β their faces were blotchy, their eyes bulged, and they all wheezed like theyβd just run up 10 flights of...
Jake Thomasson pulled the sleeve of his sweatshirt down, covering his hand, and wiped away the condensation from the window.Β It was the third time he had done this in the past ten minutes, but he didnβt want to miss seeing if any cars drove...
The snow had stopped about an hour ago, but god damn, it was still a treacherous road.Β Mark turned up the radio, half to keep himself awake, and half to try to hear the music through the interfering static.Β The mountains werenβt good for the...
Russian researchers in the late 1940s kept five people awake for fifteen days using an experimental gas based stimulant. They were kept in a sealed environment to carefully monitor their oxygen intake so the gas didnβt kill them, since it was toxic in high concentrations....