Games Within Games
Paris France’s parents had a cruel taste in names. She’d never found an employer willing to put such an awful name on their payroll, leading her to the dingy…
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Paul wagged a weary fist. “Paper, scissors - ” The man shrieked from behind his mask, then coughed violently. “It’s rock, paper, scissors, Paul.” His hoarse…
GAMES
I don’t want to write a love song When that love is all wrong I can’t tell you buzz off, get, go away Why does it feel so good to play these games? Now I’m…
This Line of Work
There’s only 2 kinds of people in this world, winners and losers, and its the choices we make that make us who we are. In my line of work, there was a very…
Casting Stones
The game was complete. He’d been working on it for so long. He would create the first character before the game even went on the market. He created a priest…
The Three of Summers
Big Sky Guy glanced around the table at the other players, at the pot, at his hand again; five Princes- Winters, Springs, Tweens, Autumns and Highs. If his…
Entrophy
Mr. & Mrs Green, sitting in a grandstand full of baited eyes, watched as their son Pasha and his team arose victorious in this years Grooming Bowl. This year…
The Proposal
“I swear,” Harper said. She gasped for a breath. “I didn’t do it.” “Liar,” Kate spat, slamming her hands on the table. Harper didn’t reply. She wiped her tears…
American Roulette
The final two sat still at the table. The air in the warehouse was warm for an early spring night, but the events they both witnessed made their bodies much…
Contact Sport
Dakotah spun around. “Brian?!” But even as she started to move forward to embrace him, she detected the trademark graininess that bespoke a projected hologram…
Bad Habit
You stand at a crossroads. To the East the road disappears into a forest. To the West the road heads into the city. To the North is a huge, gnarled tree…
Check
Gradually, a thick smoke rose and engulfed the playing field, severing the line of sight between the Demon and I. When it eventually cleared, hideous black and…
On Edge
I felt the eyes boring in to the side of my head, trying to decide how confident I really was, but I’d already moved to look upon her again, mixing my emotions…
Chess
As promised, darkness swept over the room as he appeared. He’d said every human in the room but me would die, so that we could be alone. So I was ready. I was…
Chilling With the Guys
“Which would you rather be... Poor, old, or alone?” Frank asked as he sipped more of his beer. Him and his group of friends had been getting drunk and playing…
Big Game, Big Problem
“Coach, we can’t do it. You gotta put in Henders.” The crowd clamored uneasily as if to emphasize the young woman’s plea. The game had only a few minutes left…
Chicken
What’s the point of living, if you don’t take chances? I hit the excellarator and let the car fly. Jackson was a wimp; he wouldn’t last long. He’d probably…
The game of her life.
She steps onto the field; the clouds of dirt, covering the ground. Equipment bag; full of old, worn-out batting gloves, two bats; one being composite, a…
Don't delete my save!
He didn’t know what to do. He hadn’t expected to be put in this situation and it hurt more than it should have, considering everything that he’d been through…
A Losing Battle
Oh, God, they’re everywhere! What have I done! This was not what I expected when I released that.. that thing into my school. I just wanted to have fun! To…