“Khalid Bishop,” the stern faced guard said to the man in the cell, sitting straight upright, staring at the wall with a malevolent grin on his face.

His appearance was clean despite his cell being is disarray, the stone walls and floor cracked and stained from years and years of inmates coming and going. The well built man in his 50s knew exactly what the guard was going to tell him, he’d known...

“The world will burn.” General Medina whispered quietly as we all watched down to the Earth in silence.

The first wave of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles, primarily silo-based SS-18s, SS-27a, and the handful of SS-29s fired from the Kozelsk Missile Field, had already begun their silent arc through space. The light from the sun cast faint shimmers as the warheads from the missiles soa...

After an eternity floating aimlessly towards the Earth, my body hit the ground feet first, followed by the flutter of my parachute. No matter how much we trained, in the classroom and practice, the force of hitting the ground ripples through your body. I winced as I unhooked myself from the parachute and laid on my back, letting the fatigue envelope me as I laid looking at the sky I had just been ...

“Please tell me the reports are wrong,” Leila said as she stared at the newly arrived reports in front of her.

Damage assessments, radiological samples of the surrounding areas following the naval exchange, increases in alert statuses within the US, deployments of strategic aircraft, and troops movements all indicated the preparation for a massive strike. She looked at the map displayed on the s...

As the door to the panic room closed, Alex felt the thud of the explosive charges blow the door open, and even through the reinforced floor he heard the Guard Corps soldiers storming into his home. On the camera he watched them rip his home apart, searching for him and his family. He watched Selyna walking up the stairs towards his office, followed by General Zaev and several other soldiers. Quick...

“Tonight is the night. I’m ready.” I said to myself I stood in the corner of the living room waiting, my heart pounding in my chest as I waited for him to walk through the door.

For years we’d been together. Years of laughs and tears, good times and bad, and none of those times he knew about my ability. Despite our few differences, I never used it to spy on him. He would’ve never seen or noticed...