“Where is everyone?” Audrey shook with fear as the words came out of her mouth. Brian moved to put his arm around her but she pulled away.

He was shocked and scared too, but he was worried they’d fall apart completely if at least one of them couldn’t hold it together.

They’d spent an hour in a hidden room under the arcade. The place had only been a rumor. Yet Aubrey had touched the right butto...

“My father made it,” Sy Xen said, pointing at the contraption on his arm. As the words left his lips, he knew it had been the wrong thing to say. He felt the poisonous words leave him like an uttered curse.

Maurten sneered, his diamod jagged tooth gleaming in the dim room. “Really, now? Isn’t that something. I knew your old man was an inventor but…well this is just singular.”

He reached out to ...

I put my hands to the keyboard

Tick, tick, tick,

Paragraphs slide by

Tick, tick, tick,

Characters soar high

Tick, tick, tick,

The plot begins to weave together

Tick, tick, tick,

I think i can do better,

Boom

I put the draft to the sword,

Sigh

I put my hands to the keyboard...

Sarah ran from the house, her petulant in-laws calling after her with the same accusations she’d heard before. Her children were missing and they continued to berate her as if she knew where they were.

She turned down the side path away from the old farm house her late husband had grown up in. The small white stone path felt cool beneath her bare feet in the misty morning air. Tears rushed down h...

I stood there, knowing my cue had come. Sasha looked over, giving me a tiny nod. The gesture was kind, as she couldn’t break formation. My hands began to sweat and the crown on top of my head felt heavier than it had ever felt in practice sessions. Suddenly, the outfit felt itchy and my confidence wavered.

This day was bound to come, and I had rehearsed the steps a thousand times. No amount of re...