Breathless Tales and Dusty Trails
Heaving and panting down the country road Kevin and Robert kicked up as much dust as a whole mess of hounds. Delbert brought up the rear, choking on dust and…
Sweet Smell of Remembrance
Unseen, a night breeze picked up and scooted ripples across the pond. Scents drew Devin inward as only the olfactory sense can. He smiled. The smell of wet and…
The New Thing
Once the centerpiece of Saturday night dinner parties, I now rule of a kingdom of dust and worn memories. I used to fill these halls with music, laughter, and…
Control Room and a Sad State of Affairs
Looking down at his chest, Anderson muttered a soft curse and moved towards the door. As he began to fumble with the controls, a genderless voice welcomed him…
Distant Moon
Sunken In the distant dust Of instantaneous timelessness Are footprints that represent all of us.
Remember When?
Perry followed his trainer into the dim office space on the 37th floor to collect supplies. Tropical plants were spaced at regular intervals on the left…
Spare a Little Hope
“Hello Ms....” Another door is slammed in my face, the force shaking a slight coat of dust off its crude wooden surface. No one will listen. What are they so…
They Can See
“Why do I need to leave?” I asked to them. The sudden change in their behaivor came as a shock. I sounded calmer than I expected to sound. “You shouldn’t need…
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…
Drifting Away
The place was filled with more colors than I have ever seen! Including those that encompassed me in the cave. My eyes didn’t know where to look they were…
A Leave for Change
Could it be that there is a way out? A place beyond the blandness behind me? The thought forced doubts into my head. I turned around, the entrance of the…
Dust in the Wind
His figure seemed to fade in and out with the light. As if he was made of smoke. Whenever a breeze would push through the dense, sticky air wisps of his being…
Shreds
The world, as we know it now, is gone. The destruction of man, was ultimately cause by man itself. There was no asteroid, there was no super-flare. We were…
Unrecognized Life?
I stepped once more out of the safety of my rocket out on to the alien landscape. To my surprise the crunchy surface from before was now smooth. It wasn’t for…
Just a Purple Rock
I opened the rocket doors and peered out into the extraterrestrial purple landscape, thick smog filled the atmosphere and high crater walls extended up into…
Remnants
Bob stared, his mouth gaping at the unnatural naturalness of it all. “But... but where did you come from?” The dust shimmered slightly, as though it were…
A Cloud of Dust
As if it wasn’t enough to know everything he’d known was lost to oblivion, another thought hit him: now what? With the Earth gone, where was he to go? What was…
Polaroid
He has discovered a treasure, though he does not yet realize it; a box of polaroid pictures wedged between a dusty box of records and Aunt Bertha’s old…