The gravestone was unremarkable. Finneas Chancey had no remaining relatives, and so had a state funeral. Aster Somme, P.I., stood over the plain marker as the rain fizzled out his cigarette. The smell of stone, grass, and wet tobacco filled his nostrils and joined with his growing sense of unease. The police had contacted him to say that they had a suspect in custody, but had reached a dead end in...
The year was 2235 and Amazon was in a tremendous downturn due to lack of inventory. Many merchants and retailers were striking out independent of the mega giant. The cemetery on the hill, with the cathedral of trillionaires, where money was able to buy immortality....
The darkest light brought eeriness to the lightest parts of Saint Raven. This beautiful and well-cultured place was filled with light. But tonight, of all nights, the celebration of new beginnings, was the happiest of them all.
“Yay! I can't believe we are finally free!” My best friend—onya—says.
I have always been told never go to a graveyard at night you’ll never know what will happen I snuck out and went to the graveyard as I was walking through with a shiver down my spine and paleness I walk through I hear a voice the more I walk the more I go through the darkness the fog I went deeper and deeper into the graveyard something got me next thing I knew I was in the grave you never know wh...
A crunch of fallen leaves would usually break one out of a trance. Any sudden noise, a rock getting dislodged, sticks snapping. But this man was lost. Lost in a world far away from his home reality. I could tell by the look on his face and the story in his eyes. I’d help him find a map back home.
I approached the man carefully with practiced steps. Sliding up next to him, I stared at the landscap...