The city was empty.
The city was empty, like the set of a sci-fi movie when the aliens have chased everyone away or a nuclear explosion h...
I sat on the bench in the park. Breathed in the air. Smelled the ash and dust. It was quiet here, beneath the shade ...
I've been following Soulscum for a while now. I don't know what he wants. I don't know why he's here. All I know i...
There's only one country in this world.
There's only one country in this world. You would think that would be a recipe for peace. But haven't you ever heard ...
It approached.
She could feel the terror drenching and cloaking itself around her. Don't be afraid, it whispered. You've known for y...
It came at me. At a speed of lightning. I couldn't think. Speak, or even hear correctly. The crowbar was flung direct...
Looking out my thirteenth floor office window, I marveled at how dark, gritty and simply dirty the air looked. It wa...
He led me to the spot and I gasped. "Alex...did you seriously build this?" "For us." He took my hand and I blushed so...
As I gazed across the lake at the empty gazebo, I realized I wanted to be there. To stand in the center, surrounded b...
The dock at his grandfather's pond always reminded him of Imladris, the land known as Rivendell in Tolkien's The Hobb...
Absent.
Absent. The perfect word to describe the situation. Paul and Maria Strickland sat at their kitchen table eating brea...
The episodes were getting more frequent. I'd forget where I was. Friends looking at me strangely as I carried on conv...
He was absent. Again. The kid would only show up on test days - on which he performed well enough. But that wasn't th...
Most voids were black. Or so he thought. In literature. in movies and television. When there was a void, one saw a la...
The room faded away around her, the bed, the dressers, the walls and windows, disappeared, faded out, until the only ...
Spinning.
Spinning. Spinning. Spinning. That is all she knows now. "You'll become dizzy soon," he whispers in her ear. She smi...
Four minutes away from the burn point, one of the telltales switched from green to red. Tears streamed from my eyes, ...
The room kept spinning for the delicate human. You could tell by the way it swayed in its place on the floor beneath ...
I step back and look. It seems complete. Ms. Johnson comes over and looks at it. She barely glances before saying, "...
He stared at his reflection in the water for a long moment. He studied his eyes (the same dark brown that they had al...
The world was so close to perfect, he hated having to point out the flaws to the designer. It was his least favorite ...
Twist.
"And now, a nice, juicy twist. That's it. Keep twisting. One final push! Aaaaand release. Other side, now. Raise your...
Twist. Twist. Twist. The doorknob wouldn't turn. The door wouldn't open. And then Liz would find out why Sebastian wa...
The first day of school and he was already in a fight. Mark sighed as the three seventh graders approached him from t...
The disco ball was turning.
I was dancing. The disco ball was turning. It was Monica's sweet 16 and I got invited. But unfortunately, I regrette...
The disco ball was turning. Just in case there were any senses left unassailed, it was supported by several lasers an...
The disco ball was turning. Just in case there were any senses left unassailed, it was supported by several lasers an...