‘We were good people. Every tree always had some bad apples. But when someone threatened to cut down our tree. Well…we can’t just let that happen.’

“Someone’s coming!” Murphy exclaimed. Poking my head above the dashboard, I looked on in anticipation. A blue sedan. “It’s Madeline, calm down!” I responded. Murphy reemeeged from the shadows of our older SUV to meet the headlights on the road as the...

“What happened here.” Detective Fols remarked flatly. His eyes fighting back the morning grogginess. “Looks like a lovers affair this time. Usually these are isolated things but my guess is the fsther was running some cult-thing. Either way, the kool-aid was a loaded revolver here.” Officer Morrow rattled off. Fols scratched his chin as he looked onto a scene of horror. Though for him, it was jus...

The alarm echoed through the facility, screeching the phrase in steady cadence. “Proximity alert. Proximity alert. Battle stations. Battle stations.” I jumped out of my bunk and rushed out into the corridor, nearly dropping my uniform and overcoat I barely got ahold of in my rush.

“Another sleepless night.” A voice grumbled behind me. I turned mid stride to see Wallace running with me. “I knew I...