Philip climbs over a piece of concrete that fell from the ceiling years ago, hacking away at old wires and overgrown vines as he goes. It’s a wonder this place is even still standing, it’s been over four decades since an explosion brought it crumbling down. Yet here he is, bracing the overgrown abandoned building, risking his life, all for a rumour.

They say that deep in the west wing of the labo...

“So we’re all in agreement?”

“Agreement of what exactly??”

“The thing!”

“I think he’s asking to explain ‘the thing.’”

“Wait, how many people are in this conversation?”

“I’m not sure at this point.”

“I just saw Alex pick his nose, I can’t believe him.”

“Okay unnecessary information.”

“What yall could hear that? Sorry.”

“This is getting confusing.”

“So what’s the thing again?”

“It’s like if— ...

I had never questioned it when I was little. Though it retrospect I probably should have noticed. I never knew why kids laughed every time they saw me with my parents, no one ever explained it to me.

But to find out not only the truth, but the lie beneath it. That’s what broke me.

“What are you thinking about Sweetheart?” The woman says, paler than the moon, with eyes like the spring grass. I shou...

We laugh, we play,

We run around in the sunshine

We joke, we kiss,

We do all the things couples do

We love, we hug

We always support each other

We listen, we wait

We don’t see each other as much

We stop, we try

We see if this is still working

We want, we love

We love each other so we try

We fight, we yell

We can’t agree on anything

We scream, we shout

We should really stop this now, right?

W...

Dear all,

To preface, I will be sending this same letter to my: immediate family, closest friends, current partner, and Catherine the family friend.

You may be wondering why you are receiving this letter, the skull and crossbows wax seal must have been concerning as well. As you know, I have been saving that wax seal I got from the flea market for a very specific occasion.

You might have not...

Her eyes are the same colour as smog. A gross green-grey colour that you’d also associate with sickness. I never really pay attention to her hair, but I think it’s up most of the time since her eyes are so easy to see. But that’s mostly because she stares. A lot. She’ll stare at whoever she’s talking to, and even when she’s not, she seems to only function when she holds eye contact with someone. H...

It began with darkness. A cold and chilling darkness, one where you wonder might be lurking in the shadows nearby. It was a night not all that uncommon in the wasteland of a town on in the middle of nowhere where. The only thing interesting about it was the landscape. The town was surrounded by a mountain range, a large bowl filled nothing but trees, shacks, and a few dozen people.

There had been...

The cold nipped at my nose, a harsh and unforgiving cold. I walked down the snow covered sidewalk towards people I hadn’t talked to in far too long. What would I say? What would anyone say really. But nonetheless I arrive, the blue townhouse looming over me. I hesitate before knocking, but something pushes me to do it. I stand there for what feels like forever, until the door creaks open. “Hi son,...

[mentions of blood, murder, and mental illness]

“I did this for you.”

“Well you didn’t have to!!”

They just stood there, staring at each other. One with the white coat, a symbol of having given up all that which they love. Another, bathed in red, a symbol of having dedicated their life and the unwilling lives of others to that which they love.

“I never told you to do that for me,” she said...

When the stars fell, they cried

The breeze mourned them for days

Trees lifted them up, they tried

Rivers wrote stories and plays

All the fires danced in song

All nature helped them belong

The people, though, cheered loud

Their conquest victorious

Kings and Knights stood proud,

Boasting, toasting, ‘glorious’

Though the scales of all now tipped

The warnings, they all skipped

The wizards, mage...