Explosion
So much for remaining unseen. “Ki! It’s too late. Come with us!” Ki took a deep breath to steady her nerves. She eyed the canisters around her. A horrible idea…
Escape
Adrenaline pumped through Ki’s limbs, propelling her faster between the trees. Headlights dimly lit the train tracks to her left as trucks bounced along…
Welcome to Hellisphere, 1
Sheila, or Shovelhead, as she was known, was just one of the many experimental births at Hellisphere, the corporation headquarters of Hellis Inc. The genlabs…
Quiet Cloud; Slightly Sodden
That quiet cloud became a bird Yeah it did, busted out of its shell all spread eagle as hell Remember? Stormy weather; purpled feathers I haven’t forgotten It…
Escape
It’s been three days and the pain still sears as strongly through my memories as it did the minute after it happened. Iris was destroyed. Our home planet. As…
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…
Out Running
Through dark forest, Sheri ran. Tripping, stumbling, she fell a dozen times. Each time she scrambled to her feet as fast as she could, trying to recapture lost…
Unfamiliar Faces
We were running through the streets hodling hands, laughing and giggling. The dark, starry sky hung over us like a huge blanket.The young man next to me was…
Prisoner No. 824
Dimly lit cells, housing all sorts of people. Prison guards, armed to the teeth, awaiting any suspicious move. This place was not supposed to exist, and yet…
Urbanized
It looks eerily luminous in City. If I didn’t know any better, I would think it was cheery, up there in the scrapers. “I don’t know how they breathe without…
A Woman's Ways
She knew there was something wrong as soon as she looked in his eyes. They were black as night and devoid of emotion. He quickly looked away, knowing he’d been…
Tumbling Along
Exultant yet exhausted I folded about myself in ragged attempts to catch my breath. Cold wind whipping through the open door seemed to rob the air of help and…
A World of Conspiracy
“What do you mean, you have an antidote?” He finished his meal, left nothing but an expensive dinner plate.He wiped his mouth off with a linen cloth.Replied…
On a Park Bench
Out the elevator, he crossed the lobby, saw no one behind the desk.He walked with no sense of direction. Six months. That had been the length of his…
Steal My Mind?
“What do you mean, steal my mind?” he asked.The question was redundant.He knew the full meaning of those words.They seemed almost too good to be true.To simply…
Toward the Dawn
She had a friend out there, somewhere. A friend who spoke to her in the same non-voice of her own thoughts. She hadn’t questioned this. She hadn’t complained…
Beyond These Walls
Coughing smoke and blood, she stumbled into a culvert. A glance behind was accompanied by a prayer that she hadn’t been followed. Firemen were probably just…
Mr. Marshall
It had been on his mind for months. Festering, growing with every ache, every ounce of pain and desire. Tyler wanted nothing more than to leave this world, no…
Mr. Tyler
“Imagine yourself for a moment...as you were before, Mr. Tyler” There was a silence. He could hear the voice in the room, yet there was silence. His eyes were…
End of the Beginning
With little more than a sigh Miranda tugged on her sneakers. As usual she’d been sleeping in her jeans, done up, belt in place. Garret’s cough reminded her to…