He woke up, wiping the sleep from his little eyes. He squinted, straining his vision back into clarity. Morning? he wondered. He shuffled from the bundle of raggedy cushions he'd been sleeping on. He peeked through the blinds at the world outside. In doing so, he...

Roars and growls echo in the night sky from atop the peak. In its center, the two lycans lock each other in an unmerciful glare. They are both covered head to foot in lacerations. Both are exhausted, yet neither is willing to stop. One of...

β€œLook darling, isn’t the snow beautiful tonight?” She said nothing, simply remaining stiff in the aged wooden chair. He smiled and continued to sip from his mug of hot chocolate. He found her cold, silent demeanor adorable, one of a number of things he had come...

I’m afraid of the moon.Β  Stupid as I know that sounds, I am, I’m afraid of the moon.Β  I’m afraid because of what it can do to people. β€œLunacy,” β€œLunatic,” both have two things in common.Β  They both mean insane or crazy, and they both have...

I can hear them right now.Β  Scuttling and scampering about.Β  I can hear them whispering, debating on who’ll get the first bite.Β  On which parts of me they’ll want to eat first. I can hear them from under me, under my bed.Β  The floor and the...

β€œβ€¦ It is hope, not despair, that undoes us all…” --Β Β  Jennifer Donnely *** BZZZZZ Try having that sound wake you up.Β  The way the metal screeches as it spins.Β  Try having THAT wake you up, and then realize you’re bare-ass naked and restrained to a chair. What would you...

The first time was probably the least tragic, or at least, the least painful.Β  The least haunting, as well.Β  It was three years ago; my health had taken a nosedive.Β  Cancer, stage three.Β  I’d been a chain smoker since the end of freshman year of...

I just wanted to make her happy, that’s all.Β  I just wanted to make her happy with me again. Was that so wrong?Β  I mean, what’d I do to deserve this? Okay, so maybe I cheated.Β  But I felt horrible for it and wanted to make...

β€œβ€¦In an attempt to convince the prince to do his duty, he assumes his multi-armed form and he says, β€˜Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds’… I suppose we all felt that in a way…” - J. Robert Oppenheimer People always used to ask me,...

β€œWill you tell us the story again, Dad?” ”Yeah, Dad, tell us about β€˜Little Johnny’s Cave!’ PLEASE?” I still remember those days, sitting around a campfire in the backyard and listening to dad tell that story.Β  It was our favorite.Β  β€œLittle Johnny’s Cave.” It was as...

Business was slow at the Tavern last night. Now, that wasn’t REALLY anything new (especially with this past month). Unfortunately, that didn’t keep my nerves from essentially spiking all night. Of all nights, this was the worst one to have no patrons – bar none!...

β€œThe warmth is completely gone now, she took it all away…she’s behind me…she’s angry with me. Ice…everywhere…I have my gun.Β  Can’t let her…ice everywhere…so…cold…” Those were my brother, Christopher’s last words; hastily scrawled on the last page of his fiancee, Darla’s personal journal that was found...

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