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…


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…


“History Abhors a Vacuum,” “The Indignities of Serfdom,” and “Phi Beta Crapper”

History Abhors a Vacuum Goebbels, Göring, Bormann, Speer, and Himmler used to meet at Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a cute little café in Berlin’s Anhalter…


Ruins XI ii

I go into the bathroom to take a leak and instead piss down the laundry chute, something I’ve done at least three times this evening. Walking out of…


Luminaria, Chapter 4: Wrong Turn — Lilly, Part 2

At the precinct, I figured I would sort it out. But when we arrived, no one would pay attention to anything I said. I was fingerprinted,…