A Guy in Need
Since arriving on Earth about seven years ago, Fednor was still having a hard time picking up the nuances of human speech and behavior. That’s not to say he…
Never Sent That Text
I want to laugh at this feeling. I really haven’t missed you all that much. “When r u going 2 come over?” “I don’t know, Dad.” That was if I replied at all…
How do you know if reality is reality?
... And then I woke up. I woke up? But I wasn’t dreaming. No bed. No ... gravity? The misty surroundings chocked me. The shock of being in this ... well it’s…
The Duke's Friend or Foe?
Deverel quickly says, “I just need to tell you that you have to do everything in your power to not get sold today. I’m part of an organization that sent me…
Rose Petals
What happened to this? What happened to us? We always joke about the future and the past.. but this feeling was never planned. It was not supposed to happen…
Ten
Laugh as the world burns, the Lord of Mind who lurks in the outside, clear eyes looking in. Smile constantly as the world starts to crack around the edges, the…
Red Ruse
A color-wheel wasteland, the room was void of prismatic life. A white chair pushed under a white table with a white box sat in the center of a stark white…
Dancer
There are dreams here Hidden behind the pretty mask I wear You wish I were one-dimensional So it would be safe to judge me I will stand here And guard your…
Second Sight
I woke up today with my eyes closed. I had been dreaming. I was still dreaming, actually, but I could feel the covers, hear the ceiling fans, smell the sharp…
You Might Be the One
It’s amazing how invisible you can make me feel; how insignificant and empty your presence makes me realize I am. You’re the only one I want to notice me, but…
May 22, 2010
“Daddy!” cried the beastly girl who had dragged her unwitting father into my store, “I want one of those!” she yelled at her father who was talking on his…
Brains are for Crying
My sardonic laugh followed my cell phone to the floor. Why had I begun a monologue about killing zombie hairdressers with hair straighteners and electric…
A Faint Light
Twisting, turning. My life had spun. I didn’t know how long to run. I wanted to run into my dreams. I wanted to escape reality. Instead I hit the wall hard. My…
A Faint Light
Twisting, turning. My life had spun. I didn’t know how long to run. I wanted to run into my dreams. I wanted to escape reality. Instead I hit the wall hard. My…
A Faint Light
Twisting, turning. My life had spun. I didn’t know how long to run. I wanted to run into my dreams. I wanted to escape reality. Instead I hit the wall hard. My…
Forever 18: Later
I’m standing at a window. It’s overcast, threatening to rain. I turn to look at the room I’m in. I’ve seen my older brother Jase’s room at college: it looked…
Dust Storm
Walking away it dawned on me. Didn’t he say they wouldn’t be able to see what’s here unless they could see on their own first? I turned back to ask him but he…
Forever 18
I find myself standing at an open window. It is spring, the sun is shining warmly, and birds sing in the trees outside. I don’t know what building this is, but…
Waiting for Luke
Deirdre looked at her watch for what must have been the fiftieth time that night. Nine o’clock passed by, then nine fifteen and finally nine thirty... Her brow…
Schneider's First Rank Symptoms
I awoke to find myself driving down a dark expanse of road, bloody hand prints on the inside of the windows and windshield. Only a vague sense of numbness…