The workshop, as always, existed in a state of disarray, with the exception of an area around the center. It appeared as though someone just cannot be bothered to tidy up past a certain point and dwelt in a microcosm in the center of chaos. Fantastic creations stood in the corners, caked with dust, while... Continue Reading →
The Nightmare Plague: A Caged Mind
The workshop, as always, existed in a state of disarray, with the exception of an area around the center. It appeared as though someone just cannot be bothered to tidy up past a certain point and dwelt in a microcosm in the center of chaos. Fantastic creations stood in the corners, caked with dust, while... Continue Reading →
The Nightmare Plague: Bilal, Chapter One
Note: This began as the opening for an intended novel. Whether that stays or not is not yet decided. The young woman had been walking faster since she realized a man was following her. The street was nearly empty and the shops were closed, but there was confidence in her ability to escape once she... Continue Reading →
Short Fiction: A New Life, A New Journey
She was young and thin, almost to the point of emaciation. The welts had mostly subsided, but there was no position she could find that didn’t cause them to ache. The principal had called again. With six missed days in two weeks, she must have suspected something. They never let her leave the house until... Continue Reading →
Tick Tock, Time is Fleeting: A Nightmare
He wasn’t old, but no longer young. A time was given for him to arrive, but would his quarry realize that the man had arrived early? Officers were on their way, but would they be on time? Would the sight of them endanger the victim? Even while telling them that he was no hero, the... Continue Reading →
The Nightmare Plague: Confrontation
Barnabus had grown weary of listening to his “passengers” incessant chatter. He had only intended to leave with Pug, but encountered so many pleading voices along the way that he could not leave them to be destroyed. Many of them had been turned to things of fear by people’s beliefs and not began their existence... Continue Reading →
Soldiers of the Void: Less Than a Friend, More Than a Enemy
Things could be worse, Mick conceded, but not by much. Lanny remained asleep, bordering on comatose, and the ship’s store of medicines were becoming taxed. Finding what he needed even on a developed planet will be difficult. Once again he thought of reaching out to the man, but remained unsure. How would he react to... Continue Reading →
Atomic City: Something for Nothing
The funeral had been a disaster, what with their children screaming at his retreating form. According to them, he was responsible for their mother getting cancer. Everyone tried to hush the teenagers, but the accusations rang in his ears. Every time it seemed the tears had run out, it would not be long before he... Continue Reading →
Atomic City: As Fast as You Can
It was good to be home after a bad day. Ty entered the kitchen from the side door, but was surprised that there were no smells of dinner having been cooked. Disappointed, he went to the freezer and picked through the frozen fare. His mother kept buying this stuff in spite of a determination that... Continue Reading →
Lull of the Storm
The woman was drenched and her boots were full of mud, yet the door had yet to oipen. The sounds from within made it evident that no one had retired, but the door had been bolted. Miriam could well guess why, thinking of sort of family that her mother had married into. There was light... Continue Reading →
Quiet Dreams 