(Day 32) Air vs. Water
I’ve heard this sound in movies. Hell, I guess I’ve heard this before when I was a kid in the damn pool. I would jump in, hit the bottom with my palms and…
(Day 20) Coma Envy
It had been three weeks since he had emerged from the coma, slightly worse for wear having only been under for a few days. He sat in his chair in the hospital…
(Day 10) Not Yet.
The shadows all blended together and it seemed there was no end of light to give them strength. Swimming in the depths of his bed, Jason did his best to keep…
Not if you were the last...
When the apocalypse came to wipe out humanity, it was not a zombie apocalypse, much to the disappointment of nerds everywhere. Nope, just a plain old plague…
Deployed, Permanantly
“Hey Melany.” Jim’s voice was tight and rough over the phone. “Are you alone?” I looked at my friends around the room, chattering and laughing. “Um, no?”…
Prospekt
I climb free and rise, slowly, my bones hurting, every muscle screaming, my skin torn and dusty. The sky is grey. I stagger away, feeling nothing at all…
Silent City
I wandered pointlessly through the empty streets, shocked by just how deathly quiet everything was. After The Plague had been released in the War, nearly…
Hope
The sound of the waves silently woke Garret from a terrible nights sleep. His pillow a rock, his blanket a bunch of palm leaves. Today was day 46. Forty-six…
Hurricane Ivan - Aftermath
The wind and rain were gone. The skies were as blue as the eyes of a Swedish Stewardess and were dotted with those puffy clouds you look for shapes in. A…
The Man Behind The Bowling Ball
“Do you think he bought it?” Cory asked, rubbing his bald head. “Of course Joe bought it,” Skyler said. If Cory was a bowling ball, Skyler was a Nerf…
False Friend
Julie was very convincing. She had of course done it herself. Six months on and she was still hounding me. ‘Why are you doing this to yourself? Get on with it…
The Building
We brought them to this office building, one of the few in the area left relativity unscathed. The building was new, new enough to lack furniture, carpet, even…