The Odds
Our planet was old, far older than any other in the galaxy. We had been here for a very long time, an ancient species. The other stars hadn’t even opened their eyes when we were drinking in the beautiful skies with ours. Peaceful, kind, intelligent, and full of life we were but like all other […]
Library To Nowhere
A world of our own… . . . Nothing made me happier than losing myself between the pages of a good book. There was a sense of peace, an anchor which kept me tied to this world. Whenever I felt as though I was drifting, I would simply skim through the words of my favorite […]
The Cycle CH4 : The Burning
Blood. Everything was just blood and noise. I felt disconnected from it all as though this wasn’t happening to me, I was a mere spectator. I felt irritated at all the noise, why couldn’t mother stop her incessant screaming? But where was I? What was happening? And just with that I was pulled right back […]
The Cycle CH3 : The Harvesting
Crops are replaceable but humans are not. Slowly over time with enough patience they can be replaced but humans cannot. I learned this lesson over the duration of one week. It seems easy enough to remember but it took me a while to recall it. The forest reminded me of it. … The Collector was […]
The Cycle CH2 : The Weeding
The scent of fire isn’t something you can get rid of easily. It’s ashy essence coats the back of your throat and manages to stay there for quite some time. I stood there looking out from my window at the grim site below, the land was illuminated in reds and oranges and a cloud of […]
The Cycle CH1 : The Sowing
My family was never satisfied. They hunted for perfection, so much so that we ran out of land but never wants. We were a family of farmers you see, my dad calls us agriculture specialists, a fancy word but farmer is what we were. We spent the entire day staring at an empty patch of […]
Hunger
THE MIDDLE She was a lonely little thing. The girl had been staying in the apartment for a while, it seemed as though she had nowhere else to go. Her day was mostly spent pacing back and forth while running her fingers repeatedly through her hair. She was always nervous, always twitchy. It was early […]
CH 6: Madness
We stood there, our mouths agape, staring at the macabre scene before us. A chill settled over my bones even as my heart started beating faster. The hunt had begun, and we were already losing. A choked cough startled me out of my panic, and I turned around. Wallace was shaking as he clung to […]
CH 5: No shoes, No lights, No service
A little excitement is good for the soul they say but if I got any more excitement, I’ll probably not make it to next week. Erin thought all of this was positively amazing, “Oh my gosh Pam! It’s just like that movie we saw last week!” “No Erin. Everyone died in that movie. Horribly!” I […]
CH 4: Drama, Trauma, and Angry Mama’s
The sun was shining, birds were chirping, and my car was covered in cat guts. Not the best way to end the day. Nelly and Erin had offered to help clean the car, but I waved them off knowing that they would make things infinitely worse. Also, I still wasn’t sure that it wasn’t sweet, […]
