The Last Collection
The circle of hunched and twisted figures, descendents of centuries of small town inbreeding, held me down with thick grubby hands that held surprising…
Justice
Justice. Whoever had named this little rabble of dilapidated buildings must have had one hell of a sense of humor. Situated beneath what had once been a…
Madame Rosa
The countryside is beautiful and blissfully devoid of people, except for the occasional farmer or his family off to one side of the road or the other. I can…
Awake -
I woke up. I guess I had never really been asleep. My eyes were open, my body moving, reacting, but I was in a daze. The last shell seemed closer than the…
Left To Die
“Mom, Mr.Breason is acting weird.” Sarah said walking into the kitchen from the backyard. “What do you mean babe?” Jessica answered. “I don’t know, he was…
Part 3: The Phoenix
That’s when the magic began. The ashes were shoveled out and where the old house once stood, the community of Hestia began creating a newer, better one, and…
Part 2: The Fire
The black smoke could be seen for miles. Everyone gathered around. Ellen’s neighbor, Martha Soubrette, began to cry; this wasn’t the first time someone had…
In a town called Dersingham
It was 3:00 am and a young boy called James lay asleep in the train heading for Ipswich . “Wake up james” a quiet but gentle voice came James opened his eyes…
The Outbreak
Mary Wake up A moan Mary A louder moan What is it Carl I couldn’t believe Carl was up this late, disturbing my sleep. There was only 3 more hours before I had…
For Good
No, I didn’t talk to her before I left for good. Well, I’m not leaving for good. I’m not leaving for good in the way that I’m leaving forever. Leaving for good…
The Man With No Future
Everyone ignored him. Every day. It was just the same thing. Well, every day was the same day. For him, anyway. In truth, he was tired. He was tired of…
The Man With No History
No one knows who he is. He appeared, just like that, this morning in my quaint little town. Brought with him nothing. With his tattered clothes and shaggy…
Out of The Woods?
Cal and JoAnn were completely out of breath when they made it out of the woods somewhere on old Blue Hickory road. The pavement provided them a river of calm…
The Prophecy
“W-well,” JoAnn’s mouth was dry. She swallowed and started again. “I made a mistake. I heard you might help me, uh, erase the past.” “Child, I cannot turn back…
Following the Witch
She stood staring at the two quaking teens. Her posture may have been stooped, but her countenance demanded respect. The two teens stood up slowly, wide eyes…
Moonlit Hamlet
By day the little town of Hamlet was full of small town folk doing small town things. Three old men sat in front of Lucy’s Diner and reminisced. Four ladies…
Voila, Perfection!
Grammar-Man’s face fell as the Mayor continued to grin. “The door’s that way,” said the Mayor, gesturing, “don’t let it hit you in the behind on your way out.”…
Departed
The chicken wire fence was gnarled; it bloomed outward in a metallic flower of sharp, rubicund-tipped edges. Something thick and heavy had encompassed the…