Giant
A crash and a rumble stopped the king mid-sentence. As one, he and his court looked up from their game of croquet. Tiana’s heart dropped. A large figure was…
Washing the Walls
Swear words cascaded through my mind and by consequence through Lacey’s. Panic eroded the walls of my mind in slipshod fashion, like rain in a fierce wind…
Not the Answer He Was Looking For
For once, I don’t know how to respond. Instead of answering the stranger, I back away slowly while still pointing my rifle in his direction. I glance around…
The Song that Ends the World
It’s dark, and I’m acutely aware of people staring at me on the street. I can feel their gaze burning into my back, my sides, my chest. I can hear them laugh…
Choices for the Chosen
The building shook as another mortar shell exploded nearby. Glass shattered below us. Another plume of smoke was rose into the air. “We gotta do something soon…
Dancing in the Rain
Steven pulls his collar higher around his neck and tries to hide his smile sheepishly. A couple of men huddle underneath a nearby awning, passing a cigarette…
Patient Zero
Natalya screamed in horror and surprise. There was a sickening crunch and Nikita doubled over in pain. Natalya cowered in the corner and sobbed hysterically as…
The River
Joesephine was nearly unconcious, waiting for death when she felt Brandon’s outstretched hand clutch at her shirt, and she was both relieved and terrified…
After
Finishing the glass, the sharp liquid scorched its way down her throat. It had been a long time since she’d had a drink, and the room spun in response as…
The Attack
Aren’t you a Christian? You shouldn’t be afraid of death. She shook her head. Not in disagreement, but because her muscles were spazzing. She made fists then…
Research Ship 311
“What the hell?” Shel sat up and hit her head on the console. She let loose a string of curses and stood up slowly. “Why in the bloody hell are we on full…
Fly The Palace
“This is undignified!” Mira said as her most trusted aides tried vainly to hussle her into a hidden compartment in the underside of a hay cart. It was gone…
Friendly Fire
The man sitting across the table from the Colonel looked for all the world like just another ordinary air force pilot. His uniform was a bit different; blue…
Stairway to offramp twenty-seven.
The French have a phrase for it, and it’s this: l’esprit d’escalier, the spirit of the stair. Well, Joan is on the freeway when it hits her - _I should’ve told…
A Walk To Remember
We were arm in arm, walking alongside the river. The moon was perfectly reflected on the surface of the water. I snuggled close into you to keep warm and you…
It Kills Me
It’s there and there is no denying it. I’m told that the key is not to think about it, but how can you not when it is quickly becoming your reason for…
Corporate Zombie Attack!!
He was standing in the front of the auditorium, beginning his “uplifting” talk in light of the recent zombie attack. The teenagers were gathered in the ghastly…
The Options
Weeks passed and Jennifer’s condition declined. Mark took responsibility, since he had a record, until we could sort it all out. His arrest was quick. Sorting…
Something New
There was something new down there... something we couldn’t explain, or express in the words we knew. “Something new” is also lacking in explanation. It was…
Fight!
“Oh snap!” someone in the crowd around us yells. The milk drips off of Maria’s chin, forming a puddle on the ground beneath her. I shake the rest out of the…