In our youth we met,

sharing the futures we laid

and the promise we made

Never to forget.

Our love we strive to aggrade,

though it slips, trapped in a bullpen.

The promise of now shifts to when

Never to fade.

Now silence is my friend,

as I replay the glory

and the heartaches of our story

Never to meet again....

Endless abyss

Ice claws up my skin

Peace held amiss

My eternity will begin.

Drifting alone in this space

All direction loses meaning

As I hunger for a warm embrace

Heaven’s hearth I see gleaming.

Time feels to stand still

While I attempt to beach

Swim with all my will,

Flame just out of reach.

Lights shine on far

Someday I’ll reach my star....

Flames lick upon my soul

As I betray those I hold close

To praise, worship, extol

You my king I shall unclose.

Betrayal and strife I interpose

For gifted anger is how I grew

My ambitious might deepens my woes

For I would be anything for you.

Your spirit, the prince hath stole

His aims I shall expose

The thrown be his final goal.

As blessed kin arise your foes,

The onyx plot we wish compose

The fe...

Mist pours from the open windows of Dr. Winda’s home laboratory, in tandem with a cacophony explosions and electricity. Once a beloved member of the community, now ostracized for her obsession with the occult. Ever since the death of her young son, Jeremiah, many began to believe she was responsible for it. Withering with time Dr. Winda has become the monster her old community believed her to be. ...

On a snow-covered night in Chester, Billy Mill’s found himself fighting for his life against beasts stalking from the shadows. Hunting is something Billy was familiar with but never as the hunted. After 3 weeks of his peers disappearing with the only evidence being a red stain in the snow and claw marks raked across trees. Whispers of ancient legends are coming to life in this small, isolated town...

Genia was once a magical land teeming with awe-inspiring creatures everywhere you looked. As the decades surpassed and humans began to progress past the need for magic, relying on automation and robotics. These changes in the culture of the world led to the hunting of these beings for their essence. One by one the relics of our ancient world were believed to have been killed off; unicorns, mermaid...

I recognized his eyes as soon as he walked through the door. I froze. I couldn’t do this right now. The crimson stare of Jemor Brenk is one I still see when I lay down to rest every night. I would give anything to be the young girl I was when we first met. Running around town and razing havoc everywhere we stepped, he truly was my best friend. Our friendship eventually started to develop into some...

**_May 7th 1692

_**Dear Diary,

Its only one week from my birthday and I am most excited for it. I will be turning 16 and mother says that will mark the day I become a true woman in our family. Margery believes that the new boy in town, Marcus Proctor, may court me. He’s come a long way to Haverhill.

**_May 9th 1692

_**Dear Diary,

I’m sorry it’s been a few days, everything has just been going ...

It’s been nearly a millennia since the virus wiped out all non-human life on earth, leaving us in the cold embrace of steel and concrete. Many of our elder’s still speak as if they were there when organisms walked on four legs. Even if their only exposure was through ancient texts.

My name is Brenith and I’m currently studying at the Prim University; where we are working towards bringing back th...

Agatha’s Aberrant Antiques has been a staple in our town for decades. Honestly it’s one of the only places left that hasn’t been bought out by some big corporation. Agatha’s has always drawn me in; when you walk in it’s like the coldest, mothball invested hug. With it being a local shop I always do my best to support it and purchase something unique to spruce up my space; from small crystal balls ...