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Luminaria, Chapter 5: How it Happened — Adonai

To say I haven’t been happy with what’s been going on lately is an understatement. Lance Rey is out of control. I am one of the few people who knows…


The New Intervention

"It always hurts around this time," Libby told her therapist. "That's when my mother passed. She died in the hospital alone, nothing but a stark ICU…


Wolf’s Daughter, Part 2

IX: Frideborn's Cave Reanna came back to her senses, and as she did so, she looked down at the little stone in her hands. It had transformed and…


“Without Hope” and “Enough”

Without Hope Universal languages, laughter and tears Interrupted the same tears reveal what laughter must heal… Our children starve in the shadows of…


The Age of Crows: Glorious Yongqui, Part 2

V. The Narayani Sena took a handful of dirt, clenched it in his hands, then transformed it into some strange substance. It now glowed with power and…


Undercover

Beverly woke up at 2AM after doing some ill-advised self-medicating the night before. She heard some scratching and bumping noises. She slurred,…


No Return

He tried so hard to make the bad thoughts go away, but they kept circling. Ideas of self-harm collapsed upon one another, creating an avalanche of…


We Are the World

Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ came through a speaker as the drop started. The town was already empty before it even started, with nothing but used…


The Last Henry

Laughter from downstairs snapped Henry Hardy awake. He cupped one ear and listened.  Nothing. But he knew he had heard it. And he wasn’t crazy. And…


Out of This World Bargains!

Startled by the kitchen screen door banging shut, Sheila looked up from her empty coffee mug to see her sister standing there with her hair a mess…