Coming of Age
“I said, let’s go!” “I said no, Mom.” Kelly pushed herself up. Tears were gluing strands of hair to her cheeks. “I love him. We are engaged.” “No you’re not!”…
Reunion
“Dan!!” A whirlwind in a hospital gown zipped around my father and pounced on me. I winced. Then I inhaled the scent of earth, campfire, and lavender shampoo…
No Compassion.
Overhearing her parents conversation “”Yeah, they’ve got Dan over in ICU. He’s got a minor concussion and a broken collar bone.” “That boy is lucky to be…
I'm So Sorry.
I had finally regained consciousness. I was laying in a rather uncomfortable bed, in a poorly lit room with no recollection of how I got there. “Ugh, my head…
Hang in there.
It was hard to keep Kelly calm when I had broke into a nervous panic myself. I helped her to her feet but she complained that her muscles were too sore for her…
Mysterious Illness part 2
Her mom shut the door and Hope went back to typing while her dad tried to get more sleep, a respite from the nauseating dizzy spells that had become so…
Punishment
He thought that it must be a punishment; he was still alive and his wife was tearfully looking down at him in the hospital bed, clutching his hand happily…
The takeover
Notification appeared in his visual field, blinking a lurid, corrosive red - impossible to ignore. Slater felt his blood-pressure drop precipitately; his head…
A rude awakening
Imagine waking up one morning, in a locked room. You don’t remember who you are, the yellow light from the old ceiling light hurts your eyes. There are no…
One Last Push
Jessica looked down at her lifeless legs. The legs that had once bolted her across finish lines at track meets. Just a month ago, she had gotten first place in…
Strings
There are days when I feel a very tenuous connection to life. As if it is the thinnest cord, a mere strand of spiderweb that ties me to this reality. If that…
Ladies In Vials
Sometimes, I forget to take the medication prescribed to me by the lovely doctor from down the hall. The walls wiggle like jello, and the people moving past me…
Wheel Turning 'Round Part 1
She lay in her hospital bed. Above, harsh fluorescent light accosted her dry and tired eyes . The monotonous beeping of many machines dutifully carrying out…
Thanks for the Memories
One day, my roommate didn’t return from his checkup. Stuck together for almost a year, and then suddenly all alone. Despite my current circumstances, nothing…
From the Inside...
*The air is empty.* No one’s been in this particular room for months. Locked from the inside, its prize is quite special. The only survivor of James Carver…
X Marks the Spot 2-2
A large bald man entered the room, his breath was deep and steady, “I have ten minutes till another guard comes around, let’s pop some.” As he closed the door…
Sequel to Sloution to the Problem
Warm sun hitting the skin. Moving south is the way to go during this time of year. Sandy Beaches. Spring Break. I was tired from my whole day driving. I was in…
The Wanderer Follows...
They didn’t know what woke him up. Whatever it had been, must have been powerful. It all felt so unreal, yet the time, his appearance, it was all true. He had…
Alone
I wake up in the morning to machines beeping … tubes winding in and around my body. Blood. Lot’s of it. Better call the nurse again. The smell is almost…
Quest for Identity - Part 2
“Oh my, we were afraid of that,” Sister Mary Beatrice sighed. “When you didn’t wake up for so long...and with the head trauma...well...we just don’t know…