Eliot, trapped and secluded, was surrounded by fighting. Which tended to happen when inciting a war. While he managed to hide behind the pile of obvious rubble, he might as well waved a hundred white flags. It was the only pile of rock for miles.Smoldering blasts of iron strung the sky like fireworks, the deadly …
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Orbit, Orbit, Orbit
"So, I didn't understand any of that," Cyrus said.He'd been patient, he'd trusted his best friend, he'd sat like a statue to listen to every detail, and--most importantly--he'd suffered through every test with his dignity. Okay, maybe not dignity. Cyrus lost that when he had to stand through a thousand pictures zoomed in on his …
The Neon Road to Lands Unknown
Clint turned the nobs, dotted the buttons for every red warning, and double checked the seals of his space faring one-seater. The engines sputtered dead, and while his wings yawed, it served nothing more than changing his direction. He was drifting through empty space. Silent and alone. His ship out of fuel and his directions …
The Ten Horns of the Apocalypse
A legend, adored, the top of the pyramid, the burn in the sun. He built his story piece by piece by being a good man. Helpful, loving, compassionate, capable, but never a thought to himself. The warden of a prison lived in a tower above the population. He begot poison and blood and forces of …
A dripping thought
An offense. A challenge. A force. A torrent. A change.A death. A farce. A stillness. A drought. A silent cub. A perfect moment between the words.
Corrosion
Dead and buried, trapped in the ground. No, trapped under a garbage heap of corpses. My own kind. My brethren, my family, the future of prosperity taken away by greed and rage.We were peace. We might not have been human, only machine. But, we looked the part. We played the part. And we were on …
The Great Dreamer
Jackie's impatience was getting the better of her. She'd set everything up perfectly through hours of tedious work. She'd dragged the lounger from her apartment and scooted it to the center of her patio of her condo facing the open beach. She'd tucked a cooler full of sodas and beer, snacks to the other side, …
Malfunction
A flash--Blinded Chelsea and melted her eyeballs. White wax streamed down her cheeks and ripped into the sea. Creating life and death.In a burn of beauty.
Nightmares, Nightmares, Nightmares
Nightmares were quiet. They sneak like a snake with a bad attitude. Infect and steal, trap and gorge--Nightmares made Angel feel useless. Worthless, small, strung, and broken. A mind without wings, angry at the world for no reason. Angel tried not to judge, tried not to bring the worst out of people. The nightmares, though, …
Somewhere Between the Numbers
Keith had all the time in the world.Because it had frozen. And stopped. Nothing moved anymore. Not space. Not time. There was no indication of it ever continuing. The bar space stayed silent. The ballroom with all the people dancing around, enjoying their time at the party--A pour of Jack Daniels was stuck mid-pour. The …
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