He flies over the streets of walking figures below. They push, they shove, and they tap their feet as they tap their watches. Impatient, careless. He watches as they toss aside their plastic cups, half full of brown liquid, on the side of buildings where they meet the lifeless concrete. Few look up, but those who do point and call him unlucky, a bad-omen. He thinks back to a time where the Anishin...

Name: John Doe

Sex: male

Race: elfin

Age: appears to be in mid 30s

Report:

Victim was found dead in a log cabin in the forest 5 miles west of the MagicHill River. Officers on scene report that the victim was tied to a wall and was naked minus a piece of cloth covering the victim’s groin. Officers also report that the victim’s fingers and toes seemed to have been broken and his teeth were ripped ...

I’m small. Just a little thing resting on your shoulder. I crawl around the back of your neck when you see a vacant web in your house, and I get bigger. The fear feeds me and I grow bigger. I grow and grow and grow. I jump back and loom over you like a dark cloud, but I’m still growing. My silk attaches itself to your arms, legs, and body, connecting you to my eight legs. The fear now strengthens ...

I was on my phone trying to distract myself from the small space I’ve put myself in. I’d normally take the stairs, but I lived on the eighth floor and I had a meeting in thirty minutes.

Breath in. Breath out.

I was was on my phone trying to ignore the classic dusty metallic smell that surrounded me. The smell isn’t all that different, it still makes me cough with every inhale.

Breath in. Breath...

I used to explore the catacombs underneath the city. They held many wonders, some positive, most deadly. In my decade of exploring this underground passage ways, I’ve never seen a room like the one I’m about it talk about.

The door was different from the others around it, engraved with marking worn away over time, and as I walked into the room I noticed a desk full with clutter. Everything on the ...

I lay in my bed, mind wondering. I don’t know when I woke up and I don’t think too much of it, I just let my thoughts and worries go. But there’s one that niggles at me. Finally, I look at my alarm clock. It’s 5:47 in the morning. The sun will be up soon, I think to myself. Deciding that I won’t be getting anymore sleep, I roll out of bed, toss on my housecoat for added warmth, and head down for s...

I don’t remember much of before the Big Bang. All I know is that one minute I was falling asleep in my bed and the next I was falling down an endless void.

The nonexistent world was spinning yet at a standstill, as if in limbo. I fell and fell and fell, but floated in a vast ocean of darkness. I couldn’t breath, yet did not suffocate. I couldn’t feel, yet did not feel lonely. It was a bliss that c...

After a long day of studying and debating with classmates and colleagues, I melted into the mattress of my bed. I then stretch my arm out to the nightstand and retrieve the book I’ve fallen asleep to the night before.

Opening the book, I found my place then paused. Finales where coming up and there were still things I needed to brush up on. I looked up to my desk filled with pages and pages of not...

I creeped down the long hallway holding my teddy bear and my breath. All the lights were off, yet dark shadows swirled and morphed on the walls and high ceiling. I automatically shut my eyes and prayed that the shadows would leave me be. Something whistled. “Has to be the storm,” I thought to myself. I trembled with bleary eyes and a quivering lip as I forced my feet to move. When I was almost at ...

I secured the old bus we’ve decided to take shelter in for probably the fifth time tonight. It’s been hours since Cornella fainted. I was preparing another rag with cold water when Amie yelled for me.

“Big brother! Big brother! Sissy’s awake!”

I rushed to the back of the bus where I carried my sister. It seemed like the safest spot. Right next to the back door; our escape route. Sure enough, Corne...