The Beast
One of them didn’t give the Listener the opportunity to find the words to soothe the savage Beast. It was too late to stop the claws from ripping through The…
Waking Up
_Growing old is a bitch. It’s the waking up. You wake up in parts, never jumping out of bed with all systems go. It’s more like a pull-start motor, including…
Without Objection
It’s thirteen minutes after eight in the morning. I open the fridge to reach for the gallon of milk to pour over my cereal. Someone knocks at the door and I…
Happy New Year
“What time is it?” “11:57.” “Wow, already?” “Yeah. You know what band’s up right now?” “No idea. But they really could have got someone better.” “I don’t know…
Childlike
Mother says he has been doing better, but better than what? Better than yesterday, when he refused food again, for the fifth day straight? Better than the day…
Followed Too Far
The first time I laid eyes on Vincent was the last time I stood in sunlight. It was a warm, summer day. We were both in the woods. I was sitting in a patch of…
One
“Why is everything red?” The keys clacked as he started blankly at the screen, eyes as droopy like a cartoon character, throat like rusty iron, and fingers…
stop thinking
»Fuck«, he thought as he was standing on the same spot for like, don‘t know, the 12th time. Guess this whole thing climaxed in a mix of greed for stacking…
Code Monks
Dear brothers and sisters in faith, I am writing to share a recent discovery that may bring reconciliation. Remember that our orders are still very close as we…
Post Apocalypse: First of the Seconds
So I am hyrdogen, First of the Seconds. Such mass destruction, such intense silence. Raya would laugh at that. She was always telling me not to slam the door…
A Unknown morning
I hear a noise, a high pitched screeching. Am i dreaming? The noise gets louder and louder, but i don’t know what it is, or where it is coming from. As the…
A Stranger Land
Six years of fighting had taken its toll on the soldiers, six years of hardship and toil. Fighting a strange war in stranger lands, against an unknown enemy…
First Love, First Broken Heart Series. 2
First we have to rewind to about two winters ago. That’s when I first met Jake. I still remember it very well. Me, my two sisters, and my borther in law, who…
Diamond in the rough.
Ariana started. “What was THAT!?” Her horse just blew air, it wasn’t always necessary to answer her. The path ahead was clear. Ariana listened and squinting…
"50 first dates" in 10 words
Why not take her on the same date fifty times! *The End =D* *I always thought that when I watched this film!*
Our First Christmas
The first year of our marriage has been tough hasn’t it? What with me being made redundant in this god-forsaken recession and the loss of our little Ethan. I…
Missing Dream - 3
She started to get away even faster now. “No! Neha!! Don’t leave me!”, I tried to scream. I couldn’t see her now but I was still running and screaming. And…
Missing Dream - 2
Her door was open. I ran in calling her name. I went straight to her empty room. Another open door. I had never noticed that door before! I went through to…
Missing Dream
It felt something different about that morning. I didn’t know what, but knew something was. I had woken up, sent her a good morning message, did my morning…
The First Time
Standing a few steps away, she inspected her appearance in the full length mirror. Sometimes she liked what she saw, and sometimes she didn’t. As for today…