Calm Before the Storm
Dusk is descending. With it comes calm. The sound of my footfalls on the stone roadway echo off the buildings. A black cat dashes across the road. A breeze…
The Battles Always Choose
Tendrils of light were what made up his wings; tongues of flame that snaked outwards, a brilliant display. Their brightness increased as his baritone voice…
Age 30
To actually live to 30, you develop a certain sense for when the air raids will hit. There’s a more or less standard sequence of events leading up to the Big…
The First Casualty is Innocence
Blind rage; reliance on pure instinct. It had kept me alive through two tours in Iraq but could only be tragically misapplied here. As soon as I felt the…
New Developments- 2.0
As soon as the boy left, Vashda strolled out from behind a stone pillar. Mai smothered her surprise with a smile as she walked off to her “office”. “Do you…
Her Child
Jessica held her son in her arms. He looked just like his dad, a captain in the US Army, fighting in the 4th WW. Jessica’s husband had been in charge of the…
Back In Formation
He doesn’t see them as human, he just puts a bullet in them, wipes the dust off his boot with the shirt of a fallen soldier, and moves behind a cement…
A Confidence Man Has Many Children
William Edward Blackstone. Edward Blackstone. Eddie Black. Four countries and two names later, he was where he belonged. But no one was counting. New Years…
Containment
“Get out in the open! Abandon cover!” “Get off this channel, you whack job,” Jared croaked into his helmet mic. He crouched lower behind the desk, keeping the…
A Soldier and His Wife.
Death lies on her, like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower in all the field. Under the grey clouds, a storm brews and I’ve finally let go of my shield…
Never war
Never Never Never Wispered across the land Fingers and nails gritted with sand Bloodlust cries screamed against darkness For this was the time of the Never war…
The End
Gusts of wind bring the smell of rain. All else is eerily quiet as I take my place in the line of soldiers prepared to defend the city. We stand at the tops of…
Cataclysm's Eve
“Well, that is settled. Seeing as there are only two minutes left for this meeting, and not enough time to address any other concerns, I suggest we-” “What…
Rock and Roll (WHOOOOO!)
Seven tons of steel and no strategy. This is my kinda party.
Awake In His Arms
Yes, I was part of the Rebellion. Yes, I had a job to do. Yes, the information I had was extremely sensitive and can’t get into anyone else’s hands. But here I…
War Escapees
“You have to squash the babies. Before they grow wings!” The towering soldier yelled at the steely-eyed girl. “What did these babies ever do to you?” The 12…
Things Change
The rain poured. The rain thundered and pounded and seeped into everything. The little boy next to me frowned as he looked up at the roiling gray sky. “It only…
Daljia
Dust and smoke billowed everywhere as the sounds of explosions and screams filled the air. I pull my backpack tighter against me and run up the bullet-doused…
The War Hero
I look back upon my life and question it’s purpose. I spend my nights haunted by visions of death and the losing of all worldly innocence at the singular pull…
No Fear
The whump and crack of bullets hitting dirt filled the air. Blurs of hot metal tore the air in two around his ears as the soldier crouched low behind a…