all that is left.
Six men watch in helpless horror as brilliant white flashes plume over eurasia and nuclear fire engulfs the surface of Earth. _Aboard the International Space…
Flavor of the Weak
Hugging a steel mixing bowl, I gently prepare to transfer scentless spices of a life burned through. I fight the urge to prepare a celebratory cake. The life…
Mirror
No one thought to apologize to me. Then again, I wonder if I could blame them, since I always show it like it is. I have wished things could be different…
First-Class Breakaway
“Escape? We can’t let you escape! How else will we control you?”
Lucid
I watched in helpless fear as I tried to escape the binds that held me tight. BANG! Another corpse fell over, as the executioner moved up the line. “LET ME…
The blink of an eye
At first it was just isolated reports. A quick, inexplicable spike in the mortality rate. Rumors started spreading. Whispers about where these deaths came…
The Weight of Command
The ground shook as the enemy artillery hammered our lines with ruthless force, and enemy soldiers pushed against our bunkers, searching for a weak spot in our…
My Angel
I’ve lost my angel. My guardian, my protector, my guiding light, he’s gone from me. I need to find him. My friend, my brother, my connection to something that…
Soldier
It’s strange when I look back at the war all these years after it ended. I joined the military just barely old enough, when it seemed like it was the right…
Hot 'n' Cold
“A-choo!!” I jolt awake at the sound of sneezing. I blink and look around seeing Jared shivering on his bed, wrapped up in his duvet. I push myself up and…
Awkward
“Yo, Jared! What’s happenin’?’” “Uh...uh nothing! N-nothing’s happening! N-n-nothing at all!” “O-kay then...” “W-why are you in here?” “I’m just checkin’ in on…
Just my Luck. Day 1
After a few hours in coach on a small charter boat, I stumbled off the pier and collapse on the ground. I wake up and see my brother, Jensen looming over me…
Moment Of Silence
Several days after the attack, the United States held a Moment of Silence. A moment of silence to commemerate those who lost their lives. Citizens all over the…
Ten Things I Hate About...
Ten things I *hate* about ...High School: 1. Bipolar sophmores who claim that they are being injustly treated when they treat other people like crap. _Yeah…
Last Day
A normal day of waiting for the girl next to me to shut up. My twin was secretly laughing at my pain. I stared out of the frosted window. We’d been driving…
One Way.
The very foreign traveler Mr. Fisk was just arriving in america. He rented a car and began his drive to his sister’s house whom he just decided he would visit…
The Lonely Road.
Smith drove down the lonely road. He ad drove this road many times many ways. He had cried on this rode, met his first love on this road; This road was even…
Call from Another Familiar Stranger
The phone rings. “Hello?” “Hey Eric, it’s Fred your lawyer.” “OK.” I recognize Fred’s voice as the college kid who I hire to do odd jobs around the house from…
Call From a Familiar Stranger
The phone rings. “Hello?” “Hey, Eric, it’s Todd.” “Hey,” I say, faintly taken aback--I know Todd from work, but we don’t talk much. “Um--God,” he lets out in…
What?
Give me a torch so I can see. Give me wings to fly free. Oh, jeezus. Stypid brain always trying to make some goddamn prose and poetry, even in the worst…