I think I'd prefer a hurricane
The gentle waves of sleep evade me because of you. You are a storm keeping me up at night, fueled by the winds of my insecurities. You throw my thoughts around…
Bad Decisions and Visions
Rain came down. Rain came left, and rain came right. Some rain defied all logic and came upwards from the heaving deck. Miguel swayed, a turbulent green…
Dawn of the Iconoclast: Coming Storm (7)
Lightning flashed, too far away to hear the resulting thunder. For now, it was simply a warning of the storm to come. Maridel slipped through the city. Her…
Children of The Forest
The forest was abandoned by the usual fauna that inhabited its realms. The storm that raged in the midst of the hundreds miles of forest poured an ocean of…
Creative Juices
I was daydreaming, with my head high in the stormclouds of today. Discussing the best time to have creative juices flowing, especially when you don’t have a…
Unfinished Intro
It was a stormy night in April. The wind howled forcing the trees to bow to it. The rain came down in torrents sounding like a thousand horses. The moon and…
The Time I Slept Through the End of the World
It began as any other summer thunderstorm begins. The air was thick and hazy. Streetlights and stars were invisible from my window. I closed everything up…
An Ocean's Fury
In the middle of the ocean, a fierce storm rages. The roaring wind makes the ocean churn and boil. Raindrops fall from the sky like marbles, turning the once…
Ships, Storms, and Barf
The winds blew heavily, causing the ship to careen upon the smoky gray waters. A girl with bright, yellow hair entwined her arms desperately around the silver…
Her Breath Was In The Air. Not Mine.
‘It started to rain a couple weeks ago and continued in that fashion. Nothing too heavy, just random droplets that would lightly sway to the ground. Droplets…
If A Smile Is Your Umbrella, You're Going To Get Wet
Rain, rain, rain. Incessant rain has been beating down on the roof for more than a month now. Truth be known, it’s been making everyone depressed. Gray skies…
Hazy Eyes
Scott’s car smelled of liquor and sex. My stomach clenched tight, threatening to empty all over his back seat, where I now was sprawled. My head pounded…
Andrew
I knew a man named Andrew once. Captain of a tour boat. Nice guy, never could say no more tequila, but nice guy just the same. Didn’t have an ounce of fightin’…
The Music in the Storm
The thunder comes softly at first, but soon the rain pours down harder and the thunder gets louder and I run for cover. I grab my fishing poles, tackle box…
Silent Runnings
The sea was calm, and quiet. Only the sound of the gulls above broke the silence. They knew what was coming, and as loud as they could, sent out a warning. Two…
In The Moment, Out of Sense
The paint came in torrents, coating the canvas in dark swaths. White became gray became blue became white again, all layered in savagery and revenge to rival…
Storm Before The Calm
The day her mother came back from Algeria to reconcile with Bob, her father, Carina was only 18 year-old. Bob wasn’t at home during the monsoon time when the…
Unrecognized Life?
I stepped once more out of the safety of my rocket out on to the alien landscape. To my surprise the crunchy surface from before was now smooth. It wasn’t for…
A Silent Storm
Jaci tentatively approached the form in the corner. She had her hoodie drawn over her head and was hunched over the lunch table, eating one of the Swiss Cake…
Eli's Coming
There’s a storm brewing just over the horizon. There’s the sound of thunder about to break. There’s electricity in the air. There’s nothing that can be done to…