Todd and Cliff
"I c-could escort him to his apartment!" Todd volunteered hastily. Quite a few people at the poker table rose eyebrows, but Clifford seemed excited at the prospect, and that's all that mattered to Todd. "Splendid!" the stoat said, "I was...
The Evening After
Night passed. Day passed. And TJ still felt like he was dreaming. Red and blue flashed in his mind at that horrible visage in the lake, as if the sun and moon were constantly on his eyes. He didn't scream, he didn't talk. His body...
Proposal
When TJ woke up, Sydney wasn't in the bed. Normally, he'd watch as his boyfriend snorred and drooled, either gently waking him up or staying with his love until it was time to leave. When for some reason Sydney woke up first, TJ usually was still...
Alas Poor Coyote
Janice stretched her arms and yawned. She was not getting younger for sure, but today she felt particularly like a fossil, entombed in her house, preserved as the rest of Echo decays. Not a pleasant feeling when you know that being a relic from a...
Sonnet
"Do you promise not to laugh?" Sydney asked, half in jest and half in legit worry. TJ simply kissed him in the cheek, then looked at him with his beautiful blue eyes. A wordless sign for him to go on. Sydney looked around. No sign of his...
Sydney Alone
First, it was his family. Eliza Bronson HAD enough of Echo, and most of her sons went with her. Sydney stayed behind, his friends and especially his boyfriend not worth abandoning. Then, Jenna and Chase departed. Carl did, but he returned. ...
Path of light
Of course I'm scared, Of course I'm bleak. Every breath takes something, Something that once made me unique. With each new dawn, A fire. With each new dusk, A drowning. Anger is in the sun, Despair is in my cold tears. And...
Eulogy to a Snail
Once upon a time a snail came with the Autumn rains. From where it came, no one knows, and for how long it stayed is known only to the eyes of light in the ceiling. Still, it must have come from somewhere pleasant, where it grasped and felt wet,...
Unwarranted Accusations
My fire is out of control The flames fan out and roll And I have no vision. The sky is cold But I sweat down in friction. I the light of a candle A candle spinning out of control Until the lid quenches me And yet I still live....
Passion at the Mountains
A lizard cowers in fear. It tooks to the sun for help, but the sun sinks deeper into the range, orange and black contrasting against each other. It has abandoned the faithful. The lizard despairs, and fear leads to anger. It imagines, for a...
A Tale of Two Steels (Lorwyn/Phyrexia)
Thus did the invaders come, tearing through the wind with marrow lights. The Aurora passed like a tide, but cut it was, and oblivious it was to them as well. Flame burst like a flaring sun, leaving ashes like burnt corpses. This happened outside...
And Mango Makes Three
"Sure you don't want to play this one?" Sydney asked. "Single player, my man" Carl said, relaxing on the couch, "Besides, watching you fail is pretty funny." Sydney gave him the middle finger, but eagerly started. "Babe, it's going to be...