JINX!
Silence. I never expected that. At first I thought nothing had happened, that it hadn’t worked, but as the sound of bullets and bombshells waned and died and…
Semi-There Sunrise
Things went blank. Or flat. Or perhaps just semi-there, but loud. The night became a flash of images and information punctuated by gunfire and mortar…
Pendulum
The Stars used to look beautiful this time of night. I loved coming out here on my porch step with a hot cocoa to sit and just gaze at the sky, wondrous in all…
Explosives, Darkness, and an Uneasy Sleep
The glow sticks were fading to nothing. Embers smoldered but gave off little in terms of light or heat. Overhead a roll of clouds robbed the night of its gay…
Only the End
Neglous remains still. Great clouds of the tempest gather above. Small, furtive drops of rain are warning shots of the coming deluge. A groan erupts beneath…
Resignation
Meg managed to land a kick on the blonde’s shoulder as she jumped out the window. She hit the ground running faster than she ever had, clenching her jaw and…
Betrayal
“You are welcome to stay, but if you leave you are leaving without me. And without my help.” Meg couldn’t breathe. She gaped at James, standing so resolutely…
For the Love of Ares
Upon sun kissed hillside I stride, upon this crimson stained beach of the sky’s great ocean. Lo, my sullied feet are the means of such pitiable conveyance as…
Kinder Horizon
Days come and go, Black and white, Smiles lost long ago, Taken by winter’s bite. Of love and war, Lies a dove, Wings that could not soar, Hopeful eyes look…
The Rise of Death
I have spent eons liberating souls from the mortal coil, carrying their posthumous forms from one life to the other. I have never received any thanks for the…
Weapons of Mass Distraction
My name is Alan Stanley. I live in Fulton, Missouri. I manage a Radio Shack. And I was America’s nuclear failsafe. Some no-nonsense military men showed up one…
The Long War
I walk through these trees, brown and dry with decay, remembering days past. I once walked through these very woods as a child, before that fateful day…
Choosing a battleground
Avebury is an idyllic village in the English countryside. From every angle it is a colourful and warm place. A sedate life brings easy smiles to its residents…
War
Her older brother, Dash, always helped her when she was confused or scared. And the twins were the sweetest little beings. The twins,they could be anywhere…
1940s France
I was only 14 when the soldiers came. Me and Jacques and Gavroche were fishing. Gavroche had just turned 12, and Gabriel was the baby at 6. I remember Gabriel…
Ashes
I walk through the ruined city, deep in contemplation. Nearby, my squad leader surveys the result of my work, nodding satisfactorily. I can’t but feel sick…
Sudden Waking
The blast knocked him from the tree, white pulse blinding my night-adjusted eyes and a shower of vaporised bark and organic matter filling the air as the…
Facing The Enemy
Life has been hell these couple of weeks. We have lost access to much of our little havens, for the enemy has encircled it. With our current strength, we stand…
They Lied
A query if you will; how a government claims to be searching and testing for the cure-all to the world’s most notorious diseases and in this research they find…
Chaos Before the Calm
Chaos. Babies whimper, children call out, women cry, men shout orders. Crowds make their way in through the gates in the stone walls. Women and children swarm…