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…
The Great Panic
“Pick up de phone Amber,” John Sipos paced and ran a calloused hand through his white hair. He held his bulky satellite phone to his head. John was an…
Where Is It
I storm into my room. Where is it. I have to find it! On my bookshelf? No. I empty my dresser drawers on the floor. Still nothing. I can feel the panic…
Time To Panic (Day 11)
“Add seven tablespoons of mustard.” I muttered, scanning the recipe for the hundredth time. I reread it a couple times before I realized it says “teaspoons”…
Barriers
Laying in bed awake, I take long deep breaths to try and loosen the tightness in my chest. It’s after midnight and I should be asleep, I need to be asleep…
Panic Attack
I’m already Unsteady, Caught In petty Thought, Anxiety Has got me, And I can’t see, I can’t be seen, I seem stuck In between, Blind and Out of time, Out of…
You’re no longer sure if your feet are on solid ground.
Your throat begins to heave and plunge. You’d surely be sick if your stomach was anywhere to be found. Luckily, it isn’t. Then the room begins to spin. The…
Two and Three
We move together, Panic and Chaos, the second and third of the children. We lead the scouts, the assasins, the ones that cause people opposed to us to be dead…
The Attack
Aren’t you a Christian? You shouldn’t be afraid of death. She shook her head. Not in disagreement, but because her muscles were spazzing. She made fists then…
Fear Crept (Poem)
Fear crept behind my eyes As I looked to my crystal ball; Fog swarmed around the glass And would not show what I’d befall. Fear then crept down my shoulders As…
Aggregation
Eliza took a deep breath. Don’t panic. She felt her hands shaking, suddenly her skin felt clammy. She tried to swallow, but her mouth was dry. _I said don’t…
Killing her with a D3
Have you ever felt terrified, I mean, *terrified*, iron knot in the stomach, chest heaving, pissin’ on your pants terrified? This is how I have lived since I…
A Real Fun Place
I watched his face, delicate features awash with consternation and contemplation. Much as I’d have liked to explain my dark predicament to him, my voice…
Incoming
“HQ, I’m five-five-oh over nine-seven-two 27 klicks out from package Omega bearing two-one-one-dot-two, punchout at 22000 feet!” “Big Bird to Rider, friendlies…
Something in the System
“We got an inside job, hostile influence in the system. Security teams abandon search, go to syssec stations please.” “Carto, security’s on high alert - two…
Red Light
I woke my station and checked the damage reports. There were uncontrolled fires raging down on D deck, and evidence of shrapnel damage to the portside engine…
Here They Come
The light patter of feet belied the caricature of a human that smashed through the door I was watching, opening its mouth in a horrible scream that I cut off…
"Hold on. Let me get a screwdriver."
“Emily,” the nurse called as she poked her head into the waiting room. “That’s me,” I replied as I stood up from my chair and walked gingerly across the room…
The Man Who Wasn't
Jobe panicked. He thought _This is it, Jobe, you’ve finally gone nuts. It’s not like you didn’t see it coming. Uncle Tom was locked up, maybe it’s genetic. And…
The Question
“Do you know what it is Andy?” Gemma asked He stared at her across the dinner table, his mind went blank. He slowly looked around the table, everyone was…