The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 10)
\>”A-Anon?” \>You roll over in bed \>”I-I can’t s-sleep.” \>You groan, your eyes still glued shut \>Sam is just a dream, you say to yourself. A voice in the dark \>”I-I-It smells so strong in h-here,” he takes a sharp breath “So what...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 9)
\>Sam could not take it \>He spends the whole movie clinging to your arm so tightly you can physically feel blood returning to it once Batman dashes off into the night for his final scene \>Alex, being the beautiful, wonderful, intelligent, radiant...
Stillness in the Storm - Chapter One
**Chapter One.** Walking the halls of Tusk Valley University feels like navigating a maze. The signs make no sense. Everyone’s yelling over each other just to be heard. And the few who are paying attention? They look at me with confusion, concern…...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 13)
\>Stella whips her head behind her \>The badger freezes, and then jams a finger in Sam’s direction and snarls \>”Sam, you stay far away from that crystal, you hear me? You’re not a level six Lazer Lotus. You touch it and I’ll have your ears hanging...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 24)
\>What do you say? \>I mean, really, WHAT DO YOU SAY to this guy? \>You don’t say anything for a few moments, your mind spinning at a thousand miles-per-hour, mulling over every possible dialog choice \>A few hours earlier this guy was kicking...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 19)
\>"You're right." \>A voice — too familiar to you — booms over the loudspeakers \>Vanessa \>The music abruptly cuts \>The rat behind the table looks up at you four, her eyes glowing red with fire \>Fuck \>How did you not see it before? ...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 12)
\>You know, this is kinda peaceful \>The sun is just starting to rise and come up over the bluffs \>There’s a type of dawn-stasis that’s got the whole world in a still, like a photograph, or a frame out of a movie \>That’s what this feels like ...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 16)
\>You sit up to the sound of a car horn blaring \>Jenna Orthorn is pulled up, her van blocking the bike lane \>You hear hear her car door slam shut, the sound concerned footsteps approaching \>”What the hell are you guys doing on the side of the...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 5)
\>You are Sam \>And from the single window of your room, you watch the leaves of fall drop into the breeze, one by one, like little parachutes of autumn \>Your hips, butt, back and arms sting and are peppered with welts \>You tug your hoodie up...
Stillness in the Storm - Epilogue
**Epilogue** The cabin creaked softly as the wind pushed against the outer walls, the only sound in a room otherwise suffocatingly still. Books lined the shelves, most of them well-worn, others untouched for years. A mug of tea sat cold on the table...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 12)
\>When at last you pull back from each other (you still shaking; hot air and steam dumping from your mouth), there's silence \>Sam quickly pivots her body to face away from you, but you can see the unbridled joy played out across her face \>Her ears...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 25)
\>You roll into the small parking lot of the church \>Ah yes, you've been here before, mainly with Mike and Alex to 'hunt ghosts' when you were younger \>You never found any ghosts but you did burn a couple thousand calories on the bike ride up the...