"Mirror, Mirror, on the wall. How did I become the best looking girl of them all?" Asked Rose twirling in front of her grandmother's mirror. It was an old thing with golden edges that sprouted into frozen action. Rose found a certain beauty to it. Gold halted in place so that its luster would never dim. Even after being cooped up inside her grandfather's attic for twenty years, it still looked the...

The dripping water echoed throughout the newly discovered cave; our Battalion had gotten separated from the main force after an earthquake that seemed to shake the earth to its core. We had fallen maybe fifteen hundred meters, maybe more, but there seemed to be no way out. I can hear Sergeant Perry breathing heavily about 10 to 20 meters from me, “Perry, you okay?”

“Do I sound okay? I think I bro...

The light breeze from the open window refreshed the tiny café. It was usually empty during this time of the day. All the customers would be down by the beach enjoying the golden shine the sun was producing, listening to the ocean waves soothing their souls like a lullaby told by a loving mother. The heat from the setting sun always had a way of healing the skin, giving a burnt result. These are ju...

Mark sat down in the back of the small apartment with his hands clenched together. He looked over at the digital clock hanging on the wall over a worn leather sofa. Everything he has was worn and second-hand.

It was a quarter after two.

He rubbed his face and laid his head back against the wall. A large sigh exhales from his body reveals the nerves in his stomach.

“Shit, shit, shit, shit,” he s...