Nobody's Servant, Part 20 - Infirmary
I am somewhere warm. It's dark, and there is no air to breathe, as a thick fluid rests heavy around me. I have to get out. I'm not safe here, something is coming for me, from all directions. I can feel how sorry it is, for what it's about to do to...
Greenwood - Shooting Star
Tick Tock, Tick Tock I stared at the clock on the wall as the needle neared the fateful hour of my freedom. The office was silent at this late hour. The "Leo Investigation" detective agency had been busy this week between the pool scandal where our...
Wolves' Legacy 3: Chapter 1
The Twilight Town Rhynsa and Mizarka met us when we returned to Arbal one day. At least it was two months after we went to our own roads. Since then, we have no luck meeting with the others. Our faithful parting had not given us the time to meet each...
Black Bear, Green Jacket, White Powder (HMOFA)
\>”Are you sure that’s your pet cat, Mrs. Masterson? He looks rather large for a domestic shorthair.” I ask, looking upwards at a large tree bearing a stricken mewling feline \>”Of course it’s my cat!” She fires back, her three children huddled around...
Hal and The Babysitter (Preview Edited to remove first person pov)
It's the beginning of summer, Hal and his family having grown quite close over the past few months but now its time for them to have a break. His mother, Sylvia, having decided to send his sister, Halley off to a summer camp to get her to have a break...
Nobody's Servant, Part 15 - The Ulgengir District
I wake to the sound of quiet chatter, slowly raising my head. Initially I don't recognize where I am, but the moment of confusion is only that, and the events of yesterday come back to mind. Every event does, unfortunately. The sudden return of...
Just Living: Introduction
I can't possibly imagine seeing myself among the crowds, at least not alive and well. I am at all times outside of my comfort zone and for all purposes a ghost. I cannot be seen or heard by any single person or thing and I'll be just fine, or at...
Prolouge
Lavender morning light was just breaching the horizon when the bell sounded above the front door of the twenty-four hour coffee shop on the corner of my block, announcing my arrival. This was where I ended my daily run, got my caramel machiato and...
Life Review
The building was a square little plot of aged wood and green paint, with a tall, slanted roof of red shingles set atop the second floor, and large curtain-less windows that faced out in all four directions. There was a walkway that lead up to it, made...
Cinders and Shadows (Chapter 4)
Chapter four: The end of an era, and the beginning of something bigger Well there I was, alone. Snow was who knows were and I wasn't sure what to do. I could go back to our house in the school, but there wasn't much to do there. Most of my energy had...
Cinders and Shadows (chapter 2)
Chapter Two: Life on the streets Life on the street was great. It may sound weird, but I loved it. I wandered around the first day, pondering on how I was going to get a decent meal. I had standards, I may have been living on the street but I was not...
Silverback Episode 4
In the weeks that passed the window was repaired and there was never a sign of the felines again. Life went on like it always did. Snow worked out and I cured ferals of their ailments. But something wasn't right. I felt a tugging inside me. It was...