Here I stand and here I have stayed. Years fly by quickly, as life’s fleeting moments fade. Here I stand turning your breath into oxygen for you to breathe. Never speaking but always listening. My stiff limbs sway in the wind as my foliage snaps subtly, resembling those heard at a jazz club. Today marks my 200th year of standing here, tall and mighty, silently in the background. People use my shad...

The year was 2045 when construction of The Institutes began across America. Small towns were abandoned as people moved to the cities. Massive technological utopias erupted across the map, cities advancing in seconds, who wouldn’t want to be a part of this evolutionary shift. With the sudden steady increase in the population, concerns quickly spread throughout the government. A ruling of the Suprem...

It was an ordinary Tuesday, I was walking down the street as the lively city buzzed with action. Approaching the corner of 5th Street, I waited at the intersection for the light to switch. While waiting a gust of wind violently blew through the street, blowing debris along the sidewalk. It was then a paper smacked into my face, almost instantaneously the wind ceased as the parchment struck me. Rem...

It all started when the Moon rested in the middle of the sky. It’s glow emitting a blue light that shined over the quaint town in Arizona. In this moment the veil between our world’s was lifted, paranormal entities were visible to the naked eye. They began to feed off the fear that the townsfolk exuded. These creatures were things out of nightmares, yet they rampaged lively throughout the town. De...