Dust
Time seemed to stretch on to the horizon, shadows grew long as the sun moved across it. The river had gone long ago as had the trees. Now there was scrub…
The Road
Darkness was decending upon the mountains as the three companions climbed up the side of the ancient rock wall. The stones were large oblong and old, and…
The Knife
The Gypsy took a step towards Clemens and stared deep into his brown eyes. “The knife and the Presence are intertwined. To know about the knife, you must ask…
Presence Contained
“Stop. I sense a presence.” The old gypsie leered about the room, eyeing the gaps between the three adventurers. The air in the colorful tent was heavy and…
Next
Beth liked to skip the actual dying part but the punters always seemed to want details . It was what they demanded for their fifty bucks. She peered through…
Washing the Walls
Swear words cascaded through my mind and by consequence through Lacey’s. Panic eroded the walls of my mind in slipshod fashion, like rain in a fierce wind…
In Between Minds: A Moment of Emotional Mastery
Fear, hate, and mistrust, flocked around me like giant shrieking ravens and my mind struggled to recoil from them like a wild animal. In the instinct of fight…
In Between Minds: Unity and Dissolution
Grandmother’s agitation faded into a distant buzz; a single bee in a hive of activity. She still existed but now she was merely one part of a whole; one part…
In Between Minds: A More Direct Lesson
Natalya was nothing like the Grandmother I had grown to know and like over the last few months. There was a kind of feral-ness to her. Eyes that had often…
In Between Minds: A Dangerous Place
“That wasn’t a test, was it?” I asked. “Not part of the training?” Grandmother cleared her throat but answered with her mind instead. _Yes and no. That memory…
Dead and Gone
Fingers bent in odd ways before being broken by the psychic’s powerful mind. Jeremy screamed continuously as his hand was destroyed. It wasn’t systematic…
In Between Minds: Moment to Moment
After the first bit of instruction I was left alone, presumably at Sofiya’s direction. I wasn’t sure if she was in charge of everything but everyone seemed to…
In Between Minds: Another Piece of the Puzzle
“How many?” I asked, not sure if I was asking how many lived there, or how many I had hurt. Concern radiated from Sofiya. “Does it matter?” “A little.” “Why?”…
In Between Minds: A Step in a New Direction
“I’m not hungry.” I said automatically. My stomach disagreed with a loud grumbling sound. The girl in the doorway smiled. “That’s okay. You don’t have to eat…
In Between Minds: A Sliver of Control
“FOURTEEN! I WAS FOURTEEN!” I screamed. My vision blurred under the onset of tears until the world turned into amorphous blobs that dissolved into explosions…
Madame Rosa
The countryside is beautiful and blissfully devoid of people, except for the occasional farmer or his family off to one side of the road or the other. I can…
Feedback
A rogue in the middle of Central Park. Kill count: 97 and rising. Every sniper that had gotten inside his range died before even loading their rifle. The rogue…
Not There
“You can’t see me, can you?” She could hear the quotations around his remark, see the grin on his face and the fact that he was handcuffed behind the chair…
In Between Minds: Moment of Renewal
I had so many questions but the other voice didn’t respond to them. I didn’t know if it was ignoring me or gone. Was I getting crazier? Sometimes that happened…
In Between Minds: Storm of Consequences
I awoke to the rhythmic staccato of a moving train, and to a pair of voices. Soft-spoken, yet stern they discussed my future. My mouth tasted of blood and my…