Kat hated these weekly meetings with the Ministry. Standing in line for an hour, filling out form after form, and only sips of burnt coffee and a nibble of stale donut to keep her occupied on this carousel they implored was for her benefit.

“Katherine Mann,” she grimaced at the sound of her name cooly called. Maybe this time they would take the hint. Quickly gathering her paperwork, bag, and...

It’s better to have love and lost, than to never loved at all.

The breath of dewy morning glow dances in the fall

With leaves strewn freshly cross the ground with smiles to befall.

It’s better to have love and lost, than to never loved at all.

That once fresh light has turn to dark and scattered cross the ground

With midnight fast approaching and the eerie silent sound.

It’s better to have...

“I’ve never met anyone like you before!” Frank Wilson held on tight as they banked hard onto 9th street away from where three men had just tried to end him.

“You should be grateful for that.” Cars blared their horns as they weaved in and out of traffic. The hotdog that he had eaten earlier began to creep its way north. He dare not loosen his grip for risk of falling off and being thrown into...

They sat staring at each other waiting to be dealt their hands. Each offering up their most prized possession. This was an invitation only and Reese has just been welcomed into the fold, which has been a boys only club until today. She reveled at the idea that she was the first to join. Maybe they had been told that they could no longer exclude her, or maybe they realized that she had what they wa...

The faint smell of bleach stung Brynn’s nostrils. She could feel a tightness on her wrists and ankles that tugged at her skin. Carefully she opened her eyes to only get a few pinpoints of light. She had no sense of how long she was out, but she knew it was at least a few hours. Pausing her breathing to listen, the voices in the distance were muffled by a soft buzzing of machinery. “Maybe a meat pa...

Three days in the back of a van with nothing more than a bottle to piss in and a shopping bag full of chips and warm soda, that was how I spent the last few days of freedom. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t glamorous, but it was worth every moment that led to the arrest of Mr. Wallace Marshall Reed. He had taken everything from us, yet lived in his penthouse on the Upper West Side, and did what ever ...

“Together we shall continue to thrive in this, the best republic. Created to move us forward and give those without hope a glimpse of tomorrow.” The symbol burst onto the screen in a flash of fire, then slowly faded into the background, sending the room into an eerie dim light that found its way underneath the door. Suddenly, the room became bright and sterile as Supervisor Lane walked to the head...

Jack sat looking out at the placid movement of the lake. The air was quiet as he concentrated hard to remember the last few hours. Coffee, subway, work, running late, papers on his desk, a place, 8 Street Station, running, shaking, then darkness. He could retraced his morning steps over and over. Why brought him to the 8 Street Station? He knew he had dinner plans with Ryan later, more like he had...

She was the most adored girl in the room; all eyes were fixed on her as she waltzed elegantly across the floor. Little did they know the dark secret she was hiding. Her dress kissed the dance floor, moving towards her as she slowed and flinging outward as she whirled with the music. In the distance she could see their eyes watching her. Peering into her soul, which had been emptied from the moment...

Captain Everett knew that the ground team had to be careful with the shifting winds growing stronger by the hour. The crew had all signed a NDA, but that did not mean anything if the word go out that ET had crash landed on Nordaustlandet, or nicknamed by the crew as ‘helvete verden’. With the sun quickly setting, they needed to quicken their pace. In the distance Captain Everett saw a storm brewin...