Jade stares up in wonder, hiding behind the bloom of a dandelion. She’s looking at a human! Can you believe that she found a human, just out and about? She stays hidden, not wanting to disturb the creature. She was getting tired, her wings straining to stay floating, but she wanted to keep watching.

The human is a female, with warm brown skin and dark brown textured hair. She seems to be gatheri...

The red trees glow eerily, still despite a breeze blowing. Andy would call it comfortable, except nothing is comfortable here. The sky is a yellowish golden color, not orange though. And obviously the trees are not green. Every time Andy has been here, it’s looked the same, so they don’t know if this is supposed to be day or night.

When Andy gets close enough, they can see that the big tree in t...

The Revelation

that it’s all been just another

Implantation

nothing is new it’s all

Indoctrination

almost every thought is a product of

the same Infection

every way and thing and time is a part of

The Revelation

every teaching and practice and being is

from a likeminded Action

their effort to control and make us all a member of

the machine Nation

listen to what we’re told and do what is...

Evan pulls his mask off in one motion, revealing himself to Addison. A gasp is heard before a silence so profound, Evan can hear nothing but his blood rushing in his ears.

“Evan?” A nod is all he can give her in response.

“How is this possible? It’s you?”

He looks down at the ground, unsure of how to explain it all to her.

“That day, the storm, I changed.” he grounds out, feeling stupid.

“You c...

The high pitched wailing could be heard from everywhere inside town. A sound similar to an emergency siren, except smooth and alive instead of mechanical. The way the wails crest and fall is reminiscent of the waves in the bay, and Hallen thinks that it is a perfect sound for the sirens to make.

To bad he only got to hear it in his last hours of life.

The sirens had always been talked about in...

We fall and fall. We fall so long it feels like we’ll never reach the portal in the water below us. God I hope Lahyr was right about this magic stuff. He has to be right. Right?

Finally, we hit the water, or the portal? I’m not sure if it’s one or the other or both at the same time, but whatever it is, we hit it. As soon as I hit it my body feels warm, then cold, and I feel electricity zing my s...

Teris jostled suddenly, turning from the ancient trees that their ancestors had traveled among to see something unexpected. It was grey and rough, almost like stone, but more straight and organized than any stone Teris had ever seen. Closest thing would have been a cobblestone road, but that was only once. They only had those in the cities, which Teris had mostly only seen from a distance. Expect ...

The sun was setting as I walked with Jeremy down the street to my apartment. The street was packed with cars, as it always was, and you could hear honks and music through peoples windows. It was warm out, with a nice cool breeze. The sunset was beautiful, and I took a second be grateful of living in Southern California.

“So, when are you going?” Jeremy asked, stealing my attention from our surro...

Leif lagged, clearly flagging. He knew he would have to pick up the pace, they were no where near where they decided was their next checkpoint. The sun was about to set, which would help, but for this moment it held onto its time left in the sky, to Leif’s chagrin. He looked over at Mason, and frowned when he saw that he was unfazed by their traveling.

Leif pushed on, and eventually they saw the...

“Broken.. breath..” he said through coughs, his speech slurred.

My blood ran cold. The gash in his shoulder had a green tint I didn’t notice before.

Stupid, so stupid.

His breathing rasped as whatever poison that was on the mercenaries weapons invaded his lungs. My vision became blurry as I reached for my pack in a hurry.

Please please let this work.

As I got the med-shot out Tykel reach...