The improvers/Nick 5
I shouldn’t be here. It runs through my mind over and over again. Like a difficult math equation, I know it, it has to be really simple and I’m just…
The improvers/Cassia 4
My mom left the house two hours ago. She always brings her phone with her. Curious, I get up and walk into the kitchen ending up just staring at the still…
The improvers/Cassia 3
I’m probably going insane at this very moment so I’ll start with the facts: I am 16. My name is Cassia Anderson. Ever since I can remember people have told me…
The improvers/Andrew 2
I hate it, the staring. I guess I should be used to it by now; after all, it’s been seventeen years. But I’m not. Honestly, I don’t think I ever will. On…
The Improvers/Andrew 1
They’re yelling again. Our so called ‘family vacation’ is already over. Wasn’t much of one to begin with, just a cheap hotel in Miami as far as I could tell. I…
Running From A Friend
She was running with all her might, away from the worst person who she had ever met. She could hear his light footfalls and soft laughter as she pounded…
The Survivor - Part II
Patient ID # 58550-07 stood in his room waiting for his meds. Thomas, his former name, looked down at his clothes, they were white. He hated that colour. He…
The Survivor - Part I
“But, is he ready?” Staff Sergeant Jonas grew impatient with this pencil pushing, wire-rimmed glasses wearing, medic that was Doctor Benjamin Benson. “Well our…
Eureka!
“Ah, the smell of beer and failure,” said Davis as he entered the bar. Gonzalez didn’t look up from his glass. He marveled at his Guinness and wished he could…
Pain
Pain shoots through my body with disconcerting intensity and distressing rapidity. I am submerged in a perfluorocarbon fluid (most likely ultra-purified…
Confrontation
I am suspended above a vat of some translucent blue fluid. Electrodes are attached to my skin and my bald head. I am naked, strapped down to a steel…