A soft purr, hum, or chirp wakes me up in the morning. More often than not, she wakes me up far too late—after I’ve already slept the day away. After the sun has become white instead of golden and it’s too late for breakfast. She rubs her face on my nose, hoping to stir my affection enough for me to pet her—always behind her ears—and never stop. Once she realizes that I’m just annoyed and not ador...

An original sci-if title adapted into historical fiction:

Europe has already been devastated by one Great War, which threatened to destroy both the morale and families of English, French, German, and all Western people. Now, these great nations face a second war threatening to be even greater than the last; to make sure they win the next encounter, the English government is breeding and collectin...

Rat race, Hamster wheel, ending

Slowing me down

Aching.

There isn’t a light bending

Any way round

Breaking.

Your love would be like dying

I won’t come close

Never.

But I see your slaves flying

I feel frozen

Pressure.

Your love is like an arrow

Laced with poison

Killling.

I’m flying like a sparrow

But destroying

Unwilling.

Your love was like a fire

Consuming me

Flaming.

But now I see a Higher

Wa...

Death: the most impossible, undefeatable enemy. Truly and verily, he is the darkest, cruelest, vilest thing to have ever faced any man and he faces all of them. No one confronts him, no one interrupts him—his work is done in the shadows and he moves and stays where he pleases. From flowers, to stars, to men, all organic and inorganic things are swallowed up by this unfeeling monster who whispers t...