After we exit the establishment, I observe the rest of the town and begin to think of the next task for me to do.

I planned to reach civilization, but what for?

I form a hypothesis that it has something to do with my past, but I can’t really remember that much, just what the small human reminded me of.

That I was created by a man, or a woman, it never specified.

I decided to travel to the nex...

I don't remember anything about my past.

All I know is that on August 1st of 2050 I was awoken by a young scraper using a blade of some kind to awaken me.

I didn't know who she was, so I stood to my feet as a form of defense after probably sitting down for at least 5 years.

As I got up the young scrapper had a look of terror in her eyes, so I gently sat back down to not scare away my new visito...

“Well young lady, you better be glad, that y’all have that extension of power on y’alls hip, because I wouldn’t be giving alcoholic drinks, such as yourself.”

“Penelope, is this queer information true.” I ask in a slightly harsh manner, not on purpose, it just slipped.

“It might be a little true…” She whispers while looking up at me in an apologetic manner.

“I will just have to… (both the large...

** Prologue**

Red. What once had been her favorite color now soaked into the pristine white carpet beneath her feet.

Calista dropped her new maroon backpack by the front door—the one she’d carefully chosen to start middle school—and froze. Her gaze fell to a crimson trail leading deeper into the small, simplistic apartment she shared with her mother.

Her breath hitched as...

The storm outside raged like a feral beast, hammering the old Victorian house with rain and howling winds. Inside, Emily crept down the narrow hallway, her flashlight trembling in her hand. The house had been empty for years—or so she thought. Every creak of the floorboards beneath her weight felt deafening, each sound ricocheting off the peeling wallpaper.

A faint whisper brushed past her ear.

...

Looking down

Lost not found

Head spinning round

Hear the sound

Screams deepen

Brain screaming

Eyes dreaming

Lost fleeting...

“Are you excited, honey? It’s Christmas morning!”

The voice of my mother calls from down the hall. She walks towards my room, but I’ve been up for hours, waiting for this moment. Childish excitement running through me, my patience could barely last another second as she throws the door open and greets me with a hug and a smile.

“Good boy, leaving your pajamas on all night!” She tells me, and I...

Three strings left. Three. Dad played it out in the cold near the fire all on his own. He was so bad that no one could stand to be around him playing that damned thing but now it sits in my dorm. Pops isnt long gone just- gone ya know? I couldn’t cry at his funeral I don’t know why. I miss him one hell of a lot but we argued too much and I guess I don’t miss him the right way. Kinda like when a te...

I was currently staring at the biggest star we had ever seen.

My crew of eight had been looking for thousands of years.

Eight different creatures from eight different world.

Two things in common: all adventurous and all female.

This star was the last thing we were sworn to find, and we said we would return to our worlds once we were done.

But now that we were, I don’t want to be done. I wanted to ...

Chicory root and fresh ground coffee, Susan gave the hot bitter drink a cautious sniff. Her stomach protested with a truculuent rumble. At the massive farmer’s sink, Tabitha sucked her teeth dismissively. Susan willed her stomach to mind and set her china cup on the kitchen table. Her back twinged painfully.

“Told you,” Tabitha said without turning around.

Susan feigned confusion.

“What’s that...