As I heard the cry of the last wolf, I knew it was over. We had done it. We had survived. Breathing hard, I surveyed the desolate forest around us. Wolf carcasses were everywhere. Dotted in between them were a few human ones too. The lesser warriors, the slower, older men whose best fighting years were behind them.

Scanning the trees, something caught my eye. Movement. In the dense brush to my le...

I knew it was over

When I heard the last cry

When the sound echoed

Off the rooftops and through the mountains

When I knew the hunters

Were finally taking over

As the last cry

of the last wolf rang out...

They all watched as the child choked in the clearing that the Moon Goddess possessed. He clutched his neck with pale, strained hands as his face grew from red to blue to purple. In the light, he seemed like a crystal about to shatter as his shift ran through him, over and over again; his nails lengthened before drawing back; hair grew from his every pore before retracting back into the skin; his e...

As I heard the cry of the last wolf, I knew it was over. It didn’t seem the least bit fair as it barely had a chance to begin. Then again nothing ever is on this side of the valley. Fair that is. I didn’t have to be there to know that Moon beater had captured my girl. I had only to close my eyes to see his arm wrapped around her neck, his hand unnecessarily clamped over her mouth. She was from th...

I bare my sharp teeth as I lay, nearly lifeless as the last of the wolves run from their smaller, quicker, young relative. The coyote.

I howl out, "Oh how could you do this brother of mine" But no howl back.

I lay. A rabbit teases me, hopping by, as my vision fades.

Blood seeps out. Other coyotes pass.

Vultures start to pick at the lifeless body. The crows watch. And the rivers run.

The sun ...

What a long month in the forest. I was just trying to get out there again since my divorce. It’s been three years since he cheated and I have just been wondering what I did wrong. All of my friends that I have left after secluding myself for these three long years, pushed me to do this week long “ find yourself again “ retreat in the forest. Oh did I find myself I smile for the first time as the ...

As I heard the cry of the last wolf

I knew it was over

The tears of the forest bleed

The death and destruction of the clover

What begins anew from death?

Rising from the ashes can be a miracle

But in this instance we are left with nothing

The wolf screams and is hysterical...

The game had begun. Everything happened quickly, I couldn’t focus on the people around me. Rather, I ran, and ran, and ran—my feet colliding into each other. The ground was damp, my once clean hands now soiled along with my pants. I forced myself to get up, shouting was in the distance. I needed to go. I rested on a tree for a brief moment as I caught my breath.

The masked games have begun, teen...

Montgomery had 37 reasons to kill his twin, but Brett’s laughter after reading his novel tipped him over the edge. Fist clenched, he pasted on a smile before Brett looked up.

“Nice try, Monty, but plot twists are more my thing.”

Despite being firstborn by nine whole minutes, Montgomery always came second. If Montgomery liked a girl, she always fell in love with Brett. When he showed an interest...

I watched in fascination as each pack member transitioned before my eyes. My body stood frozen to the ground, my eyes wide, my breath coming out in cold puffs of white. Why can't I move? I panicked “Run Krystal!” my mind shouted. “Run now, or they are going to tear you apart!”...